Dark Chocolate flagstone has a dominant brown color, and depending upon how you see color, you may see shades of purple, black or brown with sparkles. The varieties of Chocolate flagstone are; Dark, Cream, Garden or Black Fern. On a grade of 1 to 10, 10 being the hardest, chocolate varies between 7 or 9. It's not impossible to cut, and it's almost flexible in nature, meaning you can drop a piece of it on dirt and it will absorb the fall. Incredibly versitile stone. To see it installed, drive south, up Park Avenue, from Prescott, Arizona, and look to the left just before Leroux Street. If you're driving the speed limit, you'll see a wall off to the left, about 1 block long, covered in Chocolate Snapped Capstone.
Choclate Cream is a variety of Dark Chocolate flagstone and can be confused with a battleship grey color. This is a rare representation, although it can be seen on one side of Dark Chocolate, or near Garden Chocolate, and sometimes within Black Fern.
Garden Chocolate is a variety of Dark Chocolate flagstone where green is pronounced along the surface. If sealed with Glaze'n'Seal Wet Look Lacquer, the contrast between colors becomes more vibrant and is great for any garden, as it blends with plants easily.
Black Fern is a variety of Chocolate flagstone where embedded black fossilized ferns appear to be growing along the surface. If sealed with Glaze'n'Seal Wet Look Lacquer, the contrast between the ferns and the background colors becomes more vibrant.
With dominant colors of red and orange, Red flagstone is best used as a hewn ledgestone or fieldstone veneer. Red is sometimes called Grand Canyon Red or Sedona Red. On a grade of 1 to 10, (10 being the hardest), Red Flagstone varies between 5 and 7. To see an extensive application of Red Sandstone supplied by Dunbar Stone applied to a structure, visit the Clark County Government Center in Las Vegas.
Rose flagstone with light pink clouds throughout and is best used as a patio stone, ledgestone or fieldstone veneer. On a grade of 1 to 10, 10 being the hardest, Cloudy Rose is a 7, and when found, it is used for flagstone patios, wall cap, pier caps and for most any other purpose.
Quartzite is a mixture of silver, gold, rust, blue, black and tan. On a grade of 1 to 10, (10 being the hardest), Real Quartzite Flagstone varies between 12 to 14. You'll create sparks and shards of glassy splinters if you try to cut it with a simple saw and some diamond blades. Quatzite is very heavy and very durable, and when it is cut, the edges are precise and sharp. If you must use it for a fire-place hearth, it's recommended to ask for a bevel or bull-nosed front facing edge and request at least 3 inches in thickness, as it is hard, but also fragile.
Closely crystalline foliated rock which can be split along parallel planes, and is often used as a veneer due to the smaller wedged shaped pieces that occur in nature. On a scale from 1 to 10, (10 being the hardest,) Apache Schist is a 9. To see a large swath of Apach Schist applied as a veneer to a wall, visit The Highlands Center for Natural History near Lynx Lake, in Prescott, Arizona.
Light tan color with rust marbling, with small black speckles throughout. On a scale from 1 to 10, (10 being the hardest,) Horner Rust is an 8. It can be used for any application.
White clouds cover light pink, peach and amber in this sandstone. On a scale from 1 to 10, (10 being the hardest,) Arizona Roeder is an 8. It can be used for any application and is often used patios since it is very flat.
Predominantly light yellow with rare dark brown or gold dust marbling, Arizona Yellowbuck is a favorite among masons who use it as a natural veneer, (as ledgestone or fieldstone), since it is so easy to snap to size. As a puzzled patio, thicker variations are common. On a grade of 1 to 10, (10 being the hardest), Arizona Yellowbuck varies between 3 and 4, although Yellowbuck is beautiful if you love yellow, and with dark yellow marbling stacked into almost every pallet, you're in for a treat.
Off-white or very light grey chalk with compliments of each, On a scale from 1 to 10, (10 being the hardest,) Bluejay is an 8. It is a very durable stone and can be used for any purpose.
Cookie-dough TAN colored, Arizona Buckskin is often rough along the surface. On a grade of 1 to 10, 10 being the hardest, buckskin varies between 4 and 5, and is not recommended to use for wall cap, although If you must use this color to cap your wall, get ready to pay more for it to be snapped to squares or rectangles, as it often shatters uneven under the snapper.
Also known as misty air or evening sky, this color can be requested when it is available in the quarry, since all flagstone is natural. On a scale from 1 to 10, (10 being the hardest,) Peach is often found near Rose, and Rose Flagstone is an 8. Peach can be used for most any application.
Usually pink or maroon, this flagstone is the most popular color and is often called "THE" color of natural flagstone in Arizona. On a scale from 1 to 10, (10 being the hardest,) Rose is an 8. It can be used for most any application.
Soft or rugged texture, with flood-era liken/moss growing on one side. Best used as a veneer with moss put on one side of a structure to appear as though it's been there for centuries. On a scale from 1 to 10, (10 being the hardest,) Arizona Moss Rock is a 10. It can be used for any application, if you don't mind the bulb or roundish shapes.
With Intermittent brush strokes of tan over Rose-colored flagstone, this is a spectacular array of colors, and is very rare in occurance. On a scale from 1 to 10, (10 being the hardest,) Painted Desert is found in the Rose Quarry and as such it is an 8. It can be used for most any application.
Ashlar Veneer
Real ashlar veneer - can be sawn cut for the streamlined appearance or snapped for a rough finish
Ashlar Veneer
Real ashlar veneer - can be sawn cut for the streamlined appearance or snapped for a rough finish
Ashlar Veneer
Real ashlar veneer - can be sawn cut for the streamlined appearance or snapped for a rough finish
Ashlar Veneer
Real ashlar veneer - can be sawn cut for the streamlined appearance or snapped for a rough finish