Our Stone

One of the blackest granites found in the world.  If differs in type from saying Esperance granite being that it was formed deep down below the Earth’s surface and rose up during the movements of the tectonic plates and is known as an intrusive rock for this reason.  

This granite has very little quartz and crystals of biotite.  It displays a deep glossy black sheen when polished.  

It has also been used in many indigenous rituals and is said to be sacred. 

 Another unique West Australian stone.  

It can be described as a fine to medium-grained feldspathic and quartz sedimentary sandstone that overlays granite basins.  

It was used extensively for building construction in and around Perth for over one hundred years.  

During In the last century when gold was discovered in Donnybrook there were up to thirty quarries producing 

stone for construction purposes.  

Today there are only three quarries.