TANDUR STONES :
1).chemical composition;
The tandur stone is basically Lime stone containing Silica, iron and some other particles.
2). Formation and location:
The Tandur lime stone is formed beneath the earth in the form Of layers starting right from Shahabad in gulbarga district of Karnataka and passsing through certain parts of Telangana and Ending in kishtapur village of chincholi taluq in Gulbarga district of Karnatak.In INDIA. In real sense a stone mountain is passing through these areas called,Shahabad,wadi,sedam,Basheerabad,ogipur,malkapur,ginguthi,kotlapur of Telangana and then again entering Miryan and kishtapur area of Karnataka.
The Tandur stones are formed in the form of layersL ike a carpet laid one over the other beneath the earth. The thickness Each layer varies as thinner as 20mm and as thicker as 750mm. These stone layers can further be sliced into minimum of 20mm-25mm. The stone found in upper layers of mine are Harder And tuff and as we go deeper towards the bottom of the mine The stone gets softer and less tiuffer.Also the thickness of the tandur also Gets thinner as we go deeper into the mmine.
3).NAMING OF THE STONES:
As we have explained above a stone mountain is passing through various Towns and villages of Karnataka and Telangana states, the stones excavated Is also named according to the village or town name. For instance if the stone Is excavated in shahabad area of Karnataka it is called Shahabad stone, and Similarly if it belongs to Malkapur, miryan, ogipur and basheerabad it is called Malkapur stone, Miryan stone ogipur stone and Basheerabad done. Etc.
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