Stone - Slate

What butterflies and slate have in common is that both started out as something else entirely...

Until the movement of the earth's tectonic plates, slates were just shales or humble mudstones. The enormous pressures involved in this shift then changed their identities forever. These titanic forces realigned the minerals, mica and chlorite, contained within the deposits, forming smooth, flat layers, until they become new rocks entirely - metamorphic rocks, from the Greek, 'to change', hence the butterfly connection.

Amazon Green
Never let it be said that slates are dull. Each has a unique depth of character that is always rewarding to those who choose to look a little closer. Subtle, yes, like these greys and greens, cut for the depth of colour, with darkest, moth-like tones and textures - but dull, never.

Andes Dawn
This is a purple slate and so good to look at it deserves a special place in your home to show it off. A dining room or hallway perhaps, taken through uninterrupted to be introduced to your guests in the dining room or your special guests in your kitchen. Andes Dawn is beautiful in daylight and extraordinarily rich in hue, spot-lit, after dark.