A high gloss polish is achieved by grinding the surface of the stone with a series of increasingly fine diamond grit pads or compounds.
Polished limestone vs marble.
Including but not limited to polished limestone grey limestone and more.
Polished is the one of the most well known finishes.
A polished finish is usually associated with marble.
A final process using oxalic acid or a crystallising compound is sometimes used to increase the mirror like effect.
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The internal carbonate crystal structure of limestone and marble are different to each other.
Limestone generally ranks at around a 3 on the scale while marble falls between 3 and 4.
While marble is slightly harder and denser than limestone both rate very low on the mohs scale a rating used to measure the hardness of stones.
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Marble and limestone lie at the opposite end of the hardness scale from granite.
Limestone is a type of sedimentary rock formed by the deposition of natural carbonate material whereas marble is a type of metamorphic rock formed by metamorphism of limestone.