Stone Sampler - 9780393732658

Studio Marmo, based in Florence, Italy, supplies companies throughout the world with marketing and promotional literature for the stone industry. They present an updated reference text on natural stone for architects, interior designers, and builders. The text covers basic information, including geological and commercial classifications, properties and characteristics, architectural uses, and the various quarrying and processing techniques, followed by full-color photograph samples of marble, travertine, onyx, granite, quartzite, and limestone available for use in construction and decoration. The second edition features 200 new samples, bringing the total to 752. The accompanying CD-ROM contains all the sample swatches in an easy-to-use TIFF format for Macintosh or PC. No subject index; indexed by product name only. Annotation ©2008 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)