Granite
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Creative finishing techniques such as polishing and steeling enhance the beauty and elegance of practically all granites. Darker color granites, generally create the superior shade contrast and added depth required for carved images and etchings.
The following are the more commonly used colors used for monuments. Additional colors are available upon request. |
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Barre Gray
Barre Grey - Double Headstone
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Barre Grey Granite
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Barre Gray This popular granite has been quarried from the rich, cavernous reserves of Barre Vermont – the granite capital of the northeast – for close to two hundred years. This economical granite is also less porous, making it more resilient to the effects of weather and extended wear. Barre granite is available in a variety of shades, ranging from dark to light. |
Gem Mist
Gem Mist - Family Headstone
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Gem Mist Granite
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Gem Mist Gem Mist granite, quarried in Pennsylvania, is often used as a cost-effective alternative to black for complimenting etched designs and portraits. The free flowing white veins in this granite create a rich marbleized look. |
Impala Black
Impala Black - Single Headstone
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Impala Black Granite
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Impala Black Imported from South Africa and more recently, in a less-expensive variation, from China and India. At JewishMonuments.com we recommend South African Impala over China and India. This elegant granite has a uniform stippled grain of black and gray that creates a graceful charcoal appearance when polished to a sheen. Impala black is often used for contrasted etchings. |
Laurentian Pink
Laurention Pink - Family Monument
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Laurention Pink Granite
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Laurentian Pink This premium pink is a denser stone, quarried in the Laurentian Mountains of Quebec. Laurentian granite can be steel finished for a softer more rosy effect, or lustrously polished to highlight the rich contrasts of the stone’s natural composition. |
Mahogany
Mahagony - Double Monument
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Mahogany Granite
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Mahogany Luxurious Dakota Mahogany, while once considered somewhat exotic, has gained increasingly popularity in recent years, and with good reason. The rich hues of browns, reds and blues fuse together to create a look of both aesthetic beauty and innate warmth that dissipates much the “cold” feeling associated with stone. |
Jet Black
Jet Black - Double Headstone
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Jet Black Granite
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Jet Black This premium black granite is most ideal for detailed etchings and dimensional designs or portraits. Optimum shade contrasting can be achieved in this dark granite through steeling and skilled hand tooling. The Indian and South African varieties vary slightly in both price and color. |
India Red
India Red - Single Headstone
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India Red
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India Red This higher-end granite is literally “ablaze” with an effusive array of rich color, ranging from ruby red to mild pink and all shades in between. Although perhaps a bit more daring, this striking headstone still coveys an expression of classic elegance. |
Mountain Rose
Mountain Rose - Single Headstone
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Mountain Rose Granite
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Mountain Rose A dappled, rose-pink Canadian quarry. This relatively economical granite has a virtually identical look-and-feel to some of the higher-end, similar shades of red and pink. |
These color samples are intended to represent the polished granite as closely as possible; however, as a unique natural product, actual granite colors may vary from the samples.
Granite Finishes
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The widespread use of granite for monuments and memorials is due in a large part, to the stone’s natural contrasting abilities. This is achieved primarily through various finishing techniques. Contrast is essential for reading inscriptions and highlighting intricate designs or portraits.
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Polishing
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Polishing is achieved through high abrasion buffing, which leaves the granite with a glass-like sheen. This lustrous wet-look is always significantly darker than the stone’s natural color, resulting in a clearer more contrasted inscription
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Steeling
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The steeling technique creates a coarse, steely finish to achieve optimum contrast on polished granite. The color of the granite will look significantly lighter under a steeled finish.
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Rock Pitching
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Rock Pitching is a finishing technique that creates the “chiseled edge” top and sides seen on many monuments. The jagged stone-like edge helps the monument blend in with the monument’s natural surroundings, giving a sort of timeless appeal.
Whether you are considering a traditional memorial or a more contemporary sculpture, through the combined use of various finishes, virtually any texture and design can be replicated in stone. See our inscription service page for further details on hand tooling, laser etching and the various inscription processes employed by our creative designers and master craftsmen. |
Jewish Emblems
Below is a listing of common emblems and their meaning.
Have an emblem or logo that you want that is not here? No problem, we can create it it for you.
Have an emblem or logo that you want that is not here? No problem, we can create it it for you.
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Kohen Hands
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 Kohen Hands
The Kohen Hands symbolizes the deceased was a Kohein (from the priestly family). The raised hands show reference to the Blessing the Kohanim bestow upon the congregation ("Birkat kohanim"). Note: The status of Kohen is transmitted from father to son.
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Star of David
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 Star of David
The universal symbol of Judaism, the Star of David is the most common emblem on a Jewish memorial.
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Levite pitcher
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 Levite Pitcher
The Levite Pitcher symbolizes the deceased was a Levite. The Levites are honored to wash the Kohen's hands prior to the Kohen's blessing. Note: The status of Levite is transmitted from father to son.
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Menorah
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 Menorah
The Menorah is symbolic of the Jewish women who have the honor to light the Shabbat candles. Some prefer two candlesticks.
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Ten
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 Ten Commandments
Ten Commandments - "Luchot", symbolize our connection to the "Torah" that was transmitted from G-d to the Jewish people through Moses.
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Eternal Flame
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 Eternal Flame
An Eternal Flame symbolizes the eternity of the soul.
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