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White Stones

White stones encompass a broad category of naturally occurring or manufactured mineral materials, valued for their color, aesthetic qualities, and diverse applications. Their composition dictates their properties and suitability for various purposes.

Material Composition

The term “white stone” is not indicative of a specific mineral. Common materials include:

• Quartz: A very common mineral, often appearing as milky white. Durable and relatively inexpensive.
• Marble: A metamorphic rock, frequently white with veining due to impurities. Prized for its beauty and used extensively in sculpture and architecture. Different types of marble (Carrara, Statuario, Calacatta) exhibit varying shades and patterns.
• Granite: An igneous rock, can be white depending on its mineral composition (primarily feldspar and quartz). Highly durable and resistant to weathering.
• Limestone: A sedimentary rock, often white or off-white. Softer than granite and marble, commonly used for landscaping and building.
• River Rock/Pebbles: Naturally rounded stones, often quartzitic or other durable minerals, typically white, cream, or grey.
• Synthetic Stone/Cultured Stone: Manufactured materials designed to mimic natural stone, often using acrylic or polyester resins mixed with stone dust.
• Alabaster: A fine-grained, translucent gypsum mineral, often white and used for carving.

Purpose and Function

White stones serve a wide range of purposes:

• Construction: Used as building materials, cladding, paving, and aggregate in concrete.
• Landscaping: Decorative ground cover, pathways, garden borders, drainage solutions.
• Decoration: Interior design elements (countertops, flooring, walls), sculptures, ornamental objects.
• Spiritual/Ceremonial: Used in rituals, healing practices, and meditation (e.g., quartz crystals).
• Jewelry Making: Certain types of quartz (e.g., moonstone, milky quartz) are used as gemstones.
• Water Filtration: River rock is used as a filtration medium in aquariums and water features.

Usage Scenarios

• Residential: Kitchen countertops (marble, granite, quartz), bathroom vanities, fireplaces, garden pathways, decorative accents.
• Commercial: Building facades, flooring in public spaces, reception areas, landscaping for hotels and resorts.
• Public Spaces: Monuments, sculptures, parks, fountains, walkways.
• Spiritual Practices: Crystal healing grids, meditation stones, altar decorations.
• Aquariums/Water Features: Substrate for planted tanks, decorative elements, filtration layers.

Common Types & Characteristics

• 6801000000: This code covers Setts, curbstones and flagstones, of natural stone (except slate). This applies to natural stones used for paving, curbing, or as flagstones, excluding slate. The tax rate is a base tariff of 2.8%, an additional tariff of 25.0%, and an additional tariff of 30.0% after April 2, 2025, resulting in a total tax rate of 57.8%.
• 2514000000: This code covers Slate, whether or not roughly trimmed or merely cut, by sawing or otherwise, into blocks or slabs of a rectangular (including square) shape. If the white stones are slate, this code applies. The tax rate is a base tariff of 0.0%, an additional tariff of 25.0%, and an additional tariff of 30.0% after April 2, 2025, resulting in a total tax rate of 55.0%.
• 2515110000: This code covers Marble, travertine and other calcareous monumental or building stone of an apparent specific gravity of 2.5 or more, and alabaster, whether or not roughly trimmed or merely cut, by sawing or otherwise, into blocks or slabs of a rectangular (including square) shape: Marble and travertine: Crude or roughly trimmed. If the white stones are marble or travertine in a crude or roughly trimmed state, this code applies. The tax rate is a base tariff of 0.0%, an additional tariff of 25.0%, and an additional tariff of 30.0% after April 2, 2025, resulting in a total tax rate of 55.0%.
• 2515200000: This code covers Marble, travertine and other calcareous monumental or building stone of an apparent specific gravity of 2.5 or more, and alabaster, whether or not roughly trimmed or merely cut, by sawing or otherwise, into blocks or slabs of a rectangular (including square) shape: Other calcareous monumental or building stone; alabaster. If the white stones are other calcareous monumental or building stone or alabaster, this code applies. The tax rate is a base tariff of 3.0%, an additional tariff of 25.0%, and an additional tariff of 30.0% after April 2, 2025, resulting in a total tax rate of 58.0%.
• 6815992000: This code covers Articles of stone or of other mineral substances (including carbon fibers, articles of carbon fibers and articles of peat), not elsewhere specified or included: Other articles: Other: Talc, steatite and soapstone, cut or sawed, or in blanks, crayons, cubes, disks or other forms. If the white stones are talc, steatite, or soapstone in specific forms (cut, sawed, blanks, crayons, cubes, disks), this code applies. The tax rate is a base tariff of 0.0%, an additional tariff of 25.0%, and an additional tariff of 30.0% after April 2, 2025, resulting in a total tax rate of 55.0%.
• 6815994170: This code covers Articles of stone or of other mineral substances (including carbon fibers, articles of carbon fibers and articles of peat), not elsewhere specified or included: Other articles: Other: Other Other. This is a broad category for stone articles not specifically classified elsewhere. The tax rate is a base tariff of 0.0%, an additional tariff of 25.0%, and an additional tariff of 30.0% after April 2, 2025, resulting in a total tax rate of 55.0%.

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