2. Location & Car Drive
-1- INDIAN PARADISO: KIRISHNAGIRI,
TAMIL NADU 256 KM(3 hrs 44 mins
by car)
3. First Quarry Visited In Krishnagiri
Name: Popular Quarry Location: Cendra Palli Size: 20 acres
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4. Popular Quarry Video Link
Click This Link To See Video:
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B16C_fJDBFquY29jTG1XNElKa1U/edit?usp=sharing
Popular Quarry Popular Quarry
5. Second Quarry Visited In Krishnagiri
Name: Karunai Quarry Location: Cagirdevi Size: 500 acres
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6. Karunai Quarry Video Link
Click This Link To See Video:
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B16C_fJDBFquZUJPeDVMaVhJVWs/edit?usp=sharing
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B16C_fJDBFquTDRkRVlIMFNwTnM/edit?usp=sharing
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7. Quarrying of Blocks & How Its Done
1. Manual Drilling 2. Rock Blasting 3. Machine Operated Drilling
http://www.northstonematerials.com/filestore/documents/flash/Rock_blasting.swf
4. Diamond Wire Saw Machine
Popular Quarry
Popular Quarry
Karunai Quarry
8. How To Inspect Blocks?
Size: Measure a block and pick the blocks
With the least wasteage possible according
To IFC drawings of tiles
Color: After applying water make sure the
block has some color tone matching control
slabs set by Engineer
Pattern: After applying water check the block
for wave like movement or profile that will
creat the unique 4 tile bookmatch
Karunai Quarry
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Karunai Quarry
9. Marking Blocks
Blocks That Are Marked With CGF Have Passed
Inspections And Are Fit To Be Transported To The
Factory. Also CGF Stands For Chennai Granite
Factory Marked In The Photos Seen In This Slide.
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Editor's Notes
Quarry visited on may 31st 2013
3 Quarry locations -1- Indian Paradiso Krishnagiri -2- Ruby Red Ilkal -3- Black Galaxy Ongol