Granite Countertops Information from Georgia Granite Association

The Georgia Granite Association has launched their new web site at www.georgiagraniteassociation.com with information about granite countertops, granite countertop installation, granite countertop care, granite wholesalers, granite countertop installers, and links to many of our granite companies and manufacturers. See over 90 granite slabs in the Granite, Marble, Travertine, and Onyx Slab Galleries at www.georgiagraniteassociation.com/gallery .


The goal of the Georgia Granite Association is to bring you information about the granite industry, provide you with helpful information about granite countertop installation, links to granite suppliers, granite countertop fabricators & installers, granite monument manufacturers and installers and more.

Granite Countertops

Granite countertops are one of the best upgrades you can do to beautify your home. Granite has deep beautiful colors that can not be matched by any other type of countertop material, and adds warmth, character, and value to your kitchen. It is as durable as it is functional. No need to worry about hot pans burning or melting the countertop, and it will not peal, fade, blister and very resistant to stains.

If you already have granite countertops, you made need information about granite cleaners or granite sealers. The Georgia Granite Association web site has granite countertop care and cleaning tips, important information about granite sealers, and recommended products for your granite countertops, vanities or other granite fixtures.

Granite Slabs

Want to find a really great piece of granite for your granite countertop project? Granite slabs for making granite countertops are imported mainly from Italy and South America. They come in a wide variety of colors and patterns and are sold throughout the country. Importers of slabs usually do not fabricate or install countertops, but many of them will let you visit their warehouse along with your granite countertop fabricator to select a slab of granite for your project. Some granite slab importers have web sites where you can see many slabs and select the one you want over the internet. Come to the Georgia Granite Association to find links to these importers for the really great pieces of granite.

Granite Wholesalers & Importers

There are many granite wholesalers and importers throughout the country, but most are found in Elberton, Georgia, the “Granite Capital of the World”. Elberton quarries produce most of the granite used for making the country’s grave markers and monuments, as well as import block granite and granite slabs from all over the world. Granite products include Upright monuments, Individual grave markers (flush and beveled), Memorial, Cremation, and Garden Benches, War memorials (civic monuments), Mausoleums, Grave covers (ledgers), Vases (Turned and Tapered), and Granite Signs. What ever you wholesale granite requirement demands are, Elberton dealers of the Georgia Granite Association can supply.

Granite Tool Suppliers

Being the “Granite Capital of the World”, Elberton, Georgia is also home to many of the granite mining tool companies. These companies provide everything from Giant granite saws with 12 foot diameter diamond toothed blades to hand tools for hand finishing monuments and markers. Drill steels, rock bits and other granite mining tools are are available from many dealers and manufacturers and can be located by visiting the Georgia Granite Association web site.

What ever your granite need, the Georgia Granite Association can help you find at www.georgiagraniteassociation.com.