Porphyry Green Attributes

At Milestone Imports, we believe it is our duty to provide your commercial and residential spaces with the most durable and aesthetically-pleasing materials that will

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Porphyry Green Attributes

Sustainability Porphyry is a type of igneous rock which, along with granite and other rock formations, makeup approximately 95 percent of the worlds “crust” which

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Porphyry Paving with Smolleri

Porphyry paving with  Smolleri or “Slabs on Edge” is traditionally used  for paving surfaces on steep slopes as they present the maximum roughness and the natural split

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Porphyry and Widemarsh Street

Granite curbs and porphyry setts have been used to establish a low-speed, pedestrian and bicycle-friendly environment intended to boost the attractiveness and economic prosperity of

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Porphyry and Living Streets

Porphyry stone surfaces on sidewalks, streets and plazas create memorable and enchanting environments. Stone is prominent in our most cherished streets worldwide. They were developed

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Porphyry and Stone Interiors

Natural stone like Porphyry is making a great comeback in homes with a contemporary design. Stone is non polluting, durable, maintainable and sometimes more affordable

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Queens Quay remake begins

Porphyry like natural stone cobbles and setts are front and center in several of Waterfront Toronto’s projects, adding permanence, beauty and creating a fundamental sense

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Porphyry and Urban Streets

“We go back to some streets more often than to others… maybe a street unlocks memories or offers expectation of something pleasant to be seen…streets

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Porphyry Pavers and the iPhone

For all porphyry paver lovers, there is a great wallpaper for your iPhone.  Go to Settings>Brightness and Wallpaper>Wallpaper and select the grey porphyry fan pattern.

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Porphyry and the Opus Incertum

Porphyry – Opus Incertum or Porphyry crazy paving is most suitable for surfacing external areas like patios, drives, pavements or external and internal wainscoting. It

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Porphyry Bends At Monza

At the time of their installation, curves using porphyry pavers were the most technically appropriate materials known for this race course.

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Patagonia Porphyry

From the Atlantic Patagonia in the Southern Hemisphere comes a beautiful variety of porphyry, easily brought to the United States.

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Porphyry on the Champs-Elysees

                                                                                 Photo Credit Vigal Veia   If you watched with millions of others, the final stage of the Tour De France, you saw the peloton on

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What is Porphyry?

What is Porphyry? Porphyry has been used as a paving surface as far back as the Roman era.  The Romans used it because it had

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