Here are a number of types of stones that are used as materials for building tombstones.
- Hebron Stone
- Galilean stone
- Even Yiftach
- Maccabees Stone
- Turkish Marble – Marmara
- Granite stone
- God forbid stone
- Copper stone
- Basalt rocks
- Bulbous
- Pebbles
- Onyx
- Onyx No. 2
- Honey Onyx
- White onyx
- White Onyx No. 2
- Basalt Stone No. 2
- Crystal No. 1
- Crystal No. 2
- cylindrical
- Chinese granite
In addition, we invite you to watch a "short geology lesson" located on our website.
– Most of the materials mentioned can appear in different finishes: chiseled, natural rough, sandblasted, smoothed or glossy polished.
– In our factories there is a changing display of additional types.
– Material qualities: Each material can be found in several levels of quality, professionals call this type A, B, C, and so on.
– Care must be taken to ensure that the materials used are of the highest quality.
Hebron Stone
Hard limestone in shades of yellow, cream, and white. Used as a common raw material for processing standard tombstones.
Known mainly in the field of state commemoration (monuments and tombstones in military cemeteries)
Characterized by a texture of pinkish capillaries and brown spots.
Convenient for both natural and wild processing, and for polishing.
Galilean stone
A collective name for marble quarried throughout the Upper Galilee.
Includes the stones of the Beit Hakerem Valley: Shazor, Nahaf, Buaina, Karmiel, and the like, which are characterized by light brown tones and reddish-brown veining.
And in addition, the stones of the Upper Galilee: Kesra-Samia, Yarka, Atsmon and the surroundings of Mount Meron, which are characterized by warm yellow and brown tones,
And in a variety of textures that originate from the oxidation of iron deposits and the formation of fossils.
A hard and beautiful marble stone that responds well to familiar stone treatments.
Even Yiftach
Cylindrical stone, high quality stone, more dolomite than limestone. In shades of pink, red and cream.
Maccabees Stone
The red stone of the Jerusalem Mountains is characterized by a wild, surprising texture and a constant dynamic of change in its shades, ranging from pinkish brown to fiery red.
Combined with silica and crystal fibers that give its surface great visual richness.
Turkish Marble – Marmara
There is a grayish-blue marble, sometimes gray-black, and sometimes streaked with black,
Imported from the Island of Marmara in the heart of the Turkish Marble Sea, coming from the Bosphorus Strait.
Used as a common and stable raw material for processing tombstones and statues since Roman times.
A stable metamorphic marble formation with a stable and uniform color. Responds well to polishing and roughing.
granite
A luxurious and extremely durable raw material, quarried and imported from all over the world, characterized by uniform color and spot texture. Due to its being an exceptionally hard bedrock, it requires unique processing tools (diamond tools),
Used to create quality tombstones in shades of black, gray, red, green, and more.
The stone and the treatments on it are extremely durable for many years.
God forbid stone
Hard limestone in shades of yellow and cream.
Used as a raw material mainly for coverings and luxury flooring in the Gulf countries and around the world.
Characterized by a fine, capillary texture and relative uniformity of the material.
Convenient for both natural and wild processing, and for polishing.
Copper stones
Basalt rocks
The result of the cooling of lava erupting in volcanic action from deep within the earth.
It is usually found in an elliptical spherical shape. In Israel, it can be found in the north along the Syrian-African Rift.
Bulbous
Pebble
Onyx
A gemstone that is a type of chalcedony – quartz with tiny crystals (“cryptocrysts” – encrypted crystals).
There is a belief that the onyx stone that appears in the breastplate stones is a type of onyx.
Onyx stone is characterized by a structure in the form of strips with a variety of colors, from white to almost any color.
Most common onyx specimens contain alternating bands of white, brown, and gray.
Sardonyx is one of the types of onyx in which the colored bands are in shades of the gemstone sardonyx (shades of red) instead of black.