Stone of the Month is supplied by Coldspring. Technical details provide a frame of reference only. Because stone is a product of nature, testing to determine specific physical qualities should be repeated for each project.

With exotic stones such as quartzite continuing to grow in popularity among the design community and homeowners alike, stone producers in countries such as Brazil and Peru exhaust efforts to find new varieties of material to satisfy customer demands.

This Stone of the Month is supplied by World Rocks.

As the result of continuous investments in quarries and factories, Brazilian stone producers are a steady source of new material. The following is a glimpse of the numerous stones that have been introduced recently.

For Karen Roe, owner of NSM Florida Enterprises (NSMOTIF) in Sanford, FL, it has been a series of stepping stones to achieve the level of success her stone fabrication business has reached today. Through hard work, determination and investment in technology, Roe has taken her company from only fabricating small custom projects to now receiving large commercial jobs.

Michael L. Emerson wanted to create a memorial that would honor and remember all of the heroes of 9/11, along with firefighters and police, and the veterans from the Hayward, CA, area that have been killed in the line of duty.