Nimbahera stone is a kind of
limestone
Limestone ( calcium carbonate ) is a type of carbonate sedimentary rock which is the main source of the material lime. It is composed mostly of the minerals calcite and aragonite, which are different crystal forms of . Limestone forms whe ...
which is found near
Nimbahera
Nimbahera is a town and a municipality in Chittorgarh district in the Indian state of Rajasthan. It is located around 32 km from Chittorgarh city, south-west of the state capital, Jaipur.
Nimbahera is connected through both rail and road; ...
city in the
Chittorgarh district
Chittorgarh district is one of the 33 districts of Rajasthan state in western India. The historic city of Chittaurgarh is the administrative headquarters of the district. The district was established on 1 August 1948 by integrating portions of ...
of
Rajasthan
Rajasthan (; lit. 'Land of Kings') is a state in northern India. It covers or 10.4 per cent of India's total geographical area. It is the largest Indian state by area and the seventh largest by population. It is on India's northwestern si ...
,
India
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. It is blue in colour and inferior to
Kota Stone {{unreferenced, date=August 2010
Kota Stone is a fine-grained variety oKota limestone quarried at Kota district, Rajasthan, India. Hundreds of mines are located in or near the town of Ramganj Mandi and in the Kota district.
The greenish-blue an ...
. It is used as major raw material in
cement
A cement is a binder, a chemical substance used for construction that sets, hardens, and adheres to other materials to bind them together. Cement is seldom used on its own, but rather to bind sand and gravel ( aggregate) together. Cement mix ...
plants; in fact, there are a lot of cement plants in Chittorgarh district and specially in Nimbahera because of the stone's availability in the region.
Major Cement Plants in the District and nearby:
:1. J.K. Cement Works, Nimbahera.
:2. J.K. Cement Works, Mangrol.
:3.
Wonder cement
Wonder Cement is an Indian cement producing company that is based out of Rajasthan. It was started in 2010 under RK Group. It manufactures Portland pozzolana and ordinary Portland cement for plaster, brickwork, and other construction applicatio ...
, Nimbahera.
:4.
Lafarge
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Cement, Nimbahera.
:5. Birla Cement, Chanderiya.
:6. Aditya Cement, Shambhupura.
:7. Vikram Cement, Khor.
:8. Cement Corporation of India CCI, Nayagaon(now defunct)
Geology of Rajasthan
Limestone
Mining in Rajasthan
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