Slate---a strange word for ordinary people---is getting more and more popular and has become the very best choice of more and more families and world famous architects and designers. From the splendor of old cathedrals to the modern comfort of private villas and five star hotels, slate is really the natural and the best choice for a broad spectrum of building and decoration. In both cut and random shapes, in various colors and thickness, and in rough ,smooth or natural cleft surfaces, slate satisfies virtually any architectural or interior and exterior design vision. It is ideal for an unlimited range of applications from roofs to flooring and paving, from wall cladding to artistic and decorative treatments. This kind of natural stone has been chosen by history’s most skilled crafstmen for its natural beauty, strength and durability. Today, slate speaks of prestige, style and permanence. No other materials, natural or man-made, including the most beautiful marbles and granites, can offer the building and insulation so much natural superior qualities available from slate. If we say marble and granite are two noble city ladies with heavy make up, natural slate is the unique countryside virgin with her own special charm of nature, primary, purity and simpleness. This just coincides with modern people’s desire of returning to great nature. Why don’t you try to taste the special flavor of our countryside virgin?

Chinese Natural Slate is exploited from the metamorphic rock quarries formed about 300 million years ago which started as a sedimentary deposit of mudstone. Through the long period of action of burial, compression and heat, the composition is changed to a more crystalline material with laminar features, a quartzite may even be formed in extreme conditions. The laminar property enables the material to be split into parallel sheets, providing a natural riven surface. This is really wonderful! Slate is chiefly comprised of quartz and illite, with mica, calcite, and minor quantities of other various minerals. Slate can be put into three big categories: Quartzite slate, Sandstone slate, and Ordinary slate. Slates vary in color, most commonly seen in black, gray, red, purple and green. Red color is due to the presence of Hematite, while green colors are due to Chlorite. Gray and black are due to carbon or graphite. Shades of red (purple) and tan are related to varying amount of iron oxides. Slate is with hard quality and bright colors, and its special layer structure surely results in its high bending strength, anti-pressure, wearproof and corrosion-resisting. In addition to the traditional slate colors of black and grey, slate is now supplied by Xinle Foreign Economic & Trade Corporation managed by Mr Cui Xiaoguo, in a large range of different colors, including rusty, red, green, purple, yellow, pink, white etc,totaling over 36 natural colors. We have the biggest slate production base in Asia, and our slate has been exported to many advanced countries over the world.