Microcalcite and marble chips

The Makarovsky marble quarry was opened in 1992 and is known throughout Russia and in neighboring countries for its white marble.

The density of our marble is very high, which allows us to produce a unique and very popular product-finely fractionated marble chips and provide customers with dust-free final product even after transportation.

Cooperation with the plant of mineral powders BASIS is:

• product quality assurance
• competitive prices
• timely delivery
• prompt and competent work with clients.

Marble is a sedimentary rock formed as a result of natural metamorphoses - under the influence of high temperatures, pressure and over millions of years, marble can form from ordinary limestone. 98% of marble consists of calcium carbonate - calcium carbonate, calcite-the chemical formula of this substance is CaCO₃. The hardness of marble on the Mohs scale is 2.5-3. The density is 2.3-2.6 g /^cm3. 

Depending on the impurities contained in the rock of different deposits, marble can be different in color and density indicators.

• An admixture of limonite, iron carbonate, or manganese carbonate gives the marble a yellow, brown, or brown hue, or even color.
• The iron oxide content can affect the marble, turning it pink or red-depending on the concentration. Pink marble is valued as a base for making bath products, red marble is also used to create products for interiors and art objects.
• Chlorite, epidote, or other iron-containing silicates give the marble a green color. Products made of such marble are often souvenir and religious in nature.
• Bluish, blue and even black types of marble arise due to admixtures of bitumen and graphite.
• The white color of the marble indicates the relative purity of the chemical composition of the marble. Such marble is valued most of all, is widely used as a basis for various products, for blocks, tiles, various building materials.

Raw materials based on white marble - marble crushedstone, marble chips (carolites), microcalcite (ground marble) - the most common base for various types of production, such as dry building mixes, paint and varnish materials, cleaning agents, flexible lithium marble and artificial stone, plastics and PVC, paper, white cements, drilling solutions and grouting Portland cements and much more.

Russia, a country rich in natural resources, has several deposits of marble - from the Karelian pinkish to the Sayanov deposits. However, white marble occurs exclusively in the Urals - mainly on the territory of the Chelyabinsk region.
The Makarovskoye deposit is one of the few known for its white marble.
Therefore, raw materials from Makarovsky marble - first of all, microcalcite-calcium carbonate-are used even abroad for the manufacture of dry building mixes. Basiscarb calcium carbonate, manufactured at our factory , is an equivalent replacement for European and Turkish microcalcite and is many times better than its Chinese counterparts. Therefore, domestic manufacturers who appreciate and trust the quality of Turkish suppliers are happy to switch to the productionof our plant. Such customers significantly reduce the cost and cost of the product produced.