A total of 500 types of ornamental stone can be found in Ceará, and 100 are commercially marketed, according to Geraldo Silvério, executive secretary of the Simigran organization, which works to organize and promote stone materials from the region. Silvério said that there are 70 to 80 quarries in the state, and exploration for new quarry sites continues on an ongoing basis.
According to statistics released by Simagran, Ceará has 45 active mines, extracting 180,000 tons of stone per year. Additionally, stoneworking facilities in Ceará process a total of 1 million square meters (10.76 million square feet) of finished slabs and tiles each year.