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How You Choose Different Headstone
Features
By Tom Tree
When it comes to different headstone features you would
be surprised how many choices you have. There are a wide
variety of choices of the stone that you can use to have
this headstone created. But some may seem like a great
choice, they may have some lack of benefits you were not
aware of.
Knowing a bit about the different options and what is
good and bad will lead you to the right choice for a
headstone. Though you will still need to decide these
tips can help with that decision in making a lasting
remembrance for your loved one. Slate has been a very
popular choice of many for years. This stone is one that
is very easy to engrave, but it is also one of the
softest choices.
Through the years slate will be a material that will
flake and chip off. While with that being said many
would switch to the choice of the harder rock marble.
Seems like a great choice, but really it isn't that much
more durable than slate is. It does create a very
beautiful headstone, but through time the words may
become eroded and hard to read.
The next choice you would possible look into would be
granite. It is a choice that during the 1940s would gain
popularity. Though it will stand up through weather and
time very well, it is something that takes a lot to
make. Causing a quarry to strain to get enough rock to
create is one of the downfalls of this choice.
Though you do have many choices of colors and it will be
a great choice for durability. Many who are thinking of
the environment have gone away from this as a choice of
the headstone option they want to use.
While a more popular choice is that of composite plant
material. A headstone that will be created and is
friendly to the environment, it has become quite
popular. With this choice you get a very durable option,
plus many colors to choose from too.
Another option that you have that will offer great
durability and looks that can be created in many forms,
is bronze. It is a very popular option for simple to
very beautiful headstones that have been made.
Do the best to your beloved person one more time. Buying
a gravestone will soothe your pain and sorrow. Tom
Tree's great articles will help you to pass through your
most difficult time. Here is his monument website. |
