Fossilized Limestone
These late marine fosssils, 240 million years old, lived in the Tethys Sea between the colliding Sub-Continent of Pakistan-India and Asia. The matrix that cement the fossils together is fragments of other fossils broken up in the surf prior to its lithification into limestone. The circular fossils are snails. The arcuate fossils are the cross-sections of clams.
Marble: Red Zebra, Black and Gold, and Black Zebra
The Red Zebra marble has been brecciated and recemented. The red color is derived from iron and the Zebra stripes are white calcite veins. The Black and Gold marble is a dirty limestone (black) cut by iron stained limonite veins (gold) and white calcite veins. The Black Zebra marble is thinly bedded dark (dirty) and white (clean) limestones cut by white calcite veins. The limestones were formed in the 240 million year old Tethys Sea and metamorphosed into marbles at about 70 million years ago as the Sub Continent of Pakistan-India and Asia collided.
Onyz
This colorful banded onyx is the cold water depostion of calcium carbonate saturated with iron in the oxidized (red) and reduced (green) states. The onyx is similar to stalagmites and travertine. This deposit of ornamental and decorative material is located near the border of Pakistan with Iran.
Burma Teak
Burma teak is a fractured iron stained marlsone. The Tethys Sea disappeared about 70 million years ago as the Asian continent and the sub-continent of Pakistan-India collided forming the Himalayan mountains. It is a beautiful caramel colored stone with variegations of darker and lighter shades.