Kermanshah stone quarries are one of the most important industries in this province. The country's reserves are about 57 billion tons, of which Kermanshah stone quarries, along with other well-known reserves in the province, account for about 2% of these reserves.

The quarries of this province include the quarries of decorative stone, iron ore and gypsum, which are three of the twenty known types of minerals in Kermanshah province. In the following, after a preliminary statement about the stone quarry and the most important stone quarries in the world and Iran, we will deal with the Kermanshah stone quarries.

What is a stone quarry?

We are all more or less familiar with rocks; from ornamental stones such as turquoise to building stones such as marble and granite. Rock quarries are usually open pits. In stone quarry, different types of stones such as rubble, building stones, crushed stone, sand, pebbles, etc. are found and extracted.

These mines may be underground or open. In the underground stone quarries, drilling is needed to reach the stone, and construction materials and slate are extracted from the open pit quarries; despite these differ what are the most important stone ores in the world?

Stones, especially marble, play a very important role in building construction and sculpture in all countries of the world. Some of the most important and famous stone quarries in the world are located in Italy, England, Greece and the United States.

The Italian Carrara stone quarry, located in Tuscany, produces sculptural stone and construction accessories. The Portland Stone quarry in the United Kingdom produces beautiful limestone stones used in the building of St Paul's Cathedral in London, the Eddie Stone Lighthouse and the Waterloo Station façade. rences, underground and open pit quarries are the same, and both minerals are mined.

The Paros and Pentelic quarries in Greece are also good sources of marble grains. The largest granite quarry is located in North Carolina, USA. The boulder quarries most commonly used in landscaping are located in Oregon, USA.

There is a stone quarry in Pakistan that is famous for producing Suleiman or Onyx. Poland produces sandstone blocks, Brazil produces Ubatuba green stone, and India produces soapstone or statite. Beige marbles are found in Spain, and building ores are mined in Scotland and Ireland.

The most important stone quarries in Iran

In the continuation of this part of the study of Kermanshah stone quarries, we introduce a list of the best and most important stone quarries in Iran along with the type of their extracted stone.

Bam Narrow Water Mine; Decorative rock

Slave water mine; Chromite

Fadak water quarry; Marble

Abdanan quarriy; Carcass and Malone

Water; Silica

Abrigan; Carcass stone

Abzachovar; Carcass and Malone

Water wash; Chinese rock

Abshine; Silica carcass stone

Abqavi; Carcass stone

Lever spa; Carcass stone

Miami Argonite; Marble

Arman Takht Sorkh; Marble

Arian; Marble

Freedmen; Shell

Freedom of the boiling; Marble

Cooking; Limestone carcass stone

Winter coat; Carcass stone

Aghcheh Mosque; Carcass stone

Aq Burun Sang; Lash

Aqband; Shell

Mr. Beg Afshar; Marble

Mr. Mir Ahmad; Carcass stone

Al Hashem; Carcass stone

Almalo; Chinese rock

Blacksmiths; Carcass stone

Ibrahimabad; Chinese rock

Ibrahimabad; Carcass stone

Ibrahim Attar; Marble

Atabak; Carcass stone

Atabaki Khormankooh; Marble

Atabaki Firoozabad; Marble

Ahjar, Marble

Brotherhood; Carcass stone

Brotherhood of perfection; Marble

Ardehal, Marble

Southern Camp; Chinese rock

Western Army; Chinese rock

Cheap; Granite

Arjang Bavanat; Marble

Azan meime; Decorative rock

Azna; Chinese rock

Ezhdehator; Travertine

Spragon; Carcass stone

March; Marble

Ashe Kennedy Takab; Travertine

Aso , Marble

Yellow blossom; Carcass stone

The companions of light; Carcass stone

Al-Mahdi Palace Qomsheh; Marble

Alang; Carcass stone

Divine; Granite

colors; Marble

Alvan chaherieh; Travertine

Blue Mountain Color; Marble

Alwan Verton; Travertine

alvand; Granite

Um Abad; Granite

Amodeh, Marble

Amir; Granite

Amirabad; Carcass stone

Anj Ab; Marble

In Abad; Carcass stone

Eastern Inger; Chinese rock

West Anger; Chinese rock

Song; Granite

Mazo peak; Granite

ojar; Carcass stone

ouch blagh; Carcass stone

Orange; Carcass stone

Urea Ahrar Sepahan; Granite

Urea Natanz; Granite

Uzman; Gabor

Ozen Gandashloo Valley; Carcass stone

Ogan Piranshahr; Gabbro Diorite

That instrument; marble

Ilakhchi; Granite

ilvanagh; Carcass stone

Injeh Afshar Shahin Dej; Granite

What; Calcite

Bob Kamal; marble

Kermanshah stone mines

Kermanshah province has significant mineral potential. There are 330 mines and 220 active mines in this province, of which a high percentage are stone mines. Some of the stone mines in Kermanshah are:

Elavere Silica, Silica Bazan, Kozran Carcass Stone, Sartip Abad Carcass Stone, Sulfur Carcass Stone (White Mountain), Seyed Khalil Gypsum, Sweet Flat Carcass Stone, Parive Marble, Yellow Czech Marble, Kaveh Marble, Negarsang Decorative Stone, Parsian Decorative Stone , Gamasiab marble, Hersin marble mine, Ghamlijeh decorative stone, Cheshmeh Beigi decorative stone, Sepid Sang.

Kermanshah marble quarries

Kermanshah stone quarries are part of Kermanshah mines. Out of 68 known minerals, 20 minerals have been identified in Kermanshah province. Since Kermanshah has rich sources of limestone, this province has become a center of marble and is an important supplier of decorative stones, especially marble and dolomitic marble, and 27 million tons of decorative stones are extracted annually from this province.

The most important marble quarries of Kermanshah

Kermanshah province decorative stones are among the best and most quality decorative stones in the country. Among these, Faraman and Harsin marble stones are the top brands of marble in the country.

Harsin marble is used in the interior walls of the building or in other words, the interior facade, paving of commercial and office units, residential and parking lots.