Atashkooh travertine

Atashkooh travertine stone

Atashkooh travertine stone has a white theme and beautiful and regular waves on the surface. This stone is one of the most famous and high-quality white travertine stones in Iran and the world. Atashkooh travertine stone is highly regarded by architectural engineers all over the world due to its good physical properties such as high density, glossy and polished appearance, light color, and good polishability.

The sorting of the  Atashkooh travertine stone is determined depending on the color, design, and waves of the stone. Lighter sorts of stone with more regular waves are of better quality and will have a higher price. The lower sorts of Atashkooh travertine are darker and have red and chocolate veins.

Atashkooh travertine stone has various applications in the building, including the main and exterior facades of classic and modern facades, interior facades and interior walls, landscaping, construction of decorative artifacts, and is used in lower grades for sub-facades that are not very visible.

Price of Atashkooh travertine stone:

The price of Atashkooh travertine stone is influenced by various factors, which can be mentioned as follows.

• Stone color: The lighter the color of the stone, the higher is the price of Atashkooh travertine stone.
• Type of stone waves: The less and more regular the waves and halos of the stone, the higher is the price of this stone.
• Diameter and thickness of stone: The larger the diameter and thickness of Atashkooh travertine stone, the higher is the price.
• Stone dimensions: Atashkooh travertine stone with higher dimensions and more accurate cuts is more expensive.

• Processing quality: The processing quality of Atashkooh travertine stone in terms of polishing, cut, resin and epoxy will have a great impact on the price of the stone.

Types of processing of Atashkooh travertine stone:

• Wavy Atashkooh travertine
• Waveless Atashkooh travertine
• Atashkooh travertine slab

Atashkooh travertine stone is cut in slab and tile dimensions, but since the stone is expensive, it is mostly processed as a slab by saw.

Atashkooh travertine is often exported raw to different countries.

Atashkooh travertine stone is processed in two forms of wavy and waveless, but it is usually cut as waveless, which is used in Roman and classical facades, and its wavy type is used in modern buildings. This stone has less cream and white sorting and porosity compared to other travertine stones.

In the process of production and processing of this stone, high-quality resins and abrasives are used to increase the quality and strength of the stone.

The type of cutting depends on the type of stone waves that is if the stone has regular waves, it is cut in a wavy manner, otherwise, it is cut in a waveless manner, in which case, depending on the degree of the stone, it appears as halo and marbling.