To obtain underground sandstone process of digging, blasting or cutting is used. This process is called quarrying and the pit or open excavation from which the stone is obtained is called Quarry. Once the sandstone is obtained it is further processed to make it final for the use. The typical process after quarrying involve the following four steps:

• Dressing
• Cutting/sawing
• Surface grinding and polishing and
• Edge-cutting-trimming.

Once the processing is over, the stone is ready for further use.


In India there are various sandstone quarries situated in Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, few locations in - Gujrat, Orrisa, Karnatka, Tamil Nadu, Andaman and Nicobar and many more places.

Looking to the potential which this industry has, some of the big business tycoons have also entered into quarrying of sandstones in Rajasthan. However, the exporters in Jaipur, Deoli, Kund, New Delhi and Mumbai purchase these stones from small quarry owners and export in natural or processed form.