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(EstateNewsWire.com, September 10, 2012 ) Lenox MI – Installing a new granite countertop is one of the more trendy updates one can choose for their kitchen. Whether building a new home or renovating a fixer-upper, a new granite countertop will create a look of prestige and elegance. While most appreciate the appearance of granite countertops, few people consider its journey from deep in the earth to the new kitchen or bathroom.
Consumers who visit the Surface Encounters granite countertops showroom enjoy learning from an expert who shares information about the granite excavating and manufacturing process.
The first step to creating a beautiful granite countertop begins with finding quality granite. Geologists prospect for granite by conducting core samples in the earth to locate rock formations where granite exists. Granite mines exist around the world; however the United States has a large number of granite mines.
After locating the granite, the mining operation to extract it from the ground begins. Large excavating machines are brought to the site and a quarry is built to hold the granite blocks while miners attempt to extract the hard granite from the earth using large saws and massive drilling rigs which cut the granite into large blocks. The blocks of granite are cut and removed in a uniform shape. The uniformity in the shape of the granite is important in the cutting and transporting process of these large natural stones.
Once the granite is excavated and taken to the quarry, it is sorted by color and transported to a processing plant where it is again sorted for imperfections, such as foreign material or stress cracks. Once inspected the granite is prepared for processing into a granite countertop or other elegant surface.
Granite is one of the hardest rocks extracted for construction purposes and the only type of cutting edge that will cut the hard stone is a diamond blade or a granite blade designed for cutting such a large block. Large saws designed for this processing cut the granite into long pieces of 2 to 3 inches in thickness each.
At this point the granite is ready for order to be finished into a new granite countertop by a natural stone fabrication specialist like Surface Encounters (http://www.halfoffgranite.com/). Customers are given the color options available and when they have selected a color an order will be placed to the processing plant for the amount of material needed.
When the granite arrives to the contractor there is still additional work to be done before it finally becomes a new countertop. The contractor must measure the counter space and cut the granite to fit the homeowner’s specifications. When the contractor has finished cutting and polishing the granite countertop it may then be installed in one’s home.
Once installed in the home a new granite countertop will add value to the structure and provide years and years of pleasure, but the journey the stone takes from the earth to one’s home is an arduous one. Visit http://www.granitecountertopslenoxmi.com/ to learn more.
About Surface Encounters:
Surface Encounters has over 100 years accumulated experience fabricating and installing natural stone and granite countertops. Surface Encounters state of the art machinery ensures the highest quality finished product with satisfaction guaranteed. Surface Encounters is dedicated to improving the world one granite countertop at a time. Granite countertops will last a lifetime and never go out of style.
Contact:
Surface Encounters
Chuck Russo
16280 23 Mile Road
Macomb, MI 48044
866-784-8552
Email: info@surface-encounters.com
This press release was submitted by Right Now Marketing Group, LLC
Surface Encounters
Chuck Russo
866-784-8552
info@surface-encounters.com
Source: EmailWire.Com 
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