Purple Slate Roof Tiles

North country semi weathering purple.

Purple slate roof tiles.

North country semi weathering purple is a premium quality roofing slate in various shades of burgundy with frequent inclusions of green. Some pieces are mostly purple and may be called dark mottled while at the other end of the range green predominates and can be known as light mottled. A percentage of these purple roof shingles will weather to tones of brown and buff over time. Sometimes called strata gray royal purple a beautiful nearly clear dark purple.

Purple slate quarried in vermont from our vermont slate quarry that has been in operation for over 150 years is a rare stone used for interior and exterior applications. Canadian black mottled gray black grayish background with mottled shades of darker gray black some weathering can occur. Because of its superior properties and performance unique plum color and rich texture architects specify this natural vermont slate for interior slate flooring exterior paving stone stair treads fireplace surrounds slate wall cladding including slate wall shingles countertops and roofing. Haematite is not visible to the naked eye but can be recognised by its purple colour.

Purple slate is beautiful in colour and is caused by haematite. Furthermore slate roofing tiles offer more choices than most homeowners realize available in varying sizes and thicknesses as well as a wide range of colors including gray green purple black red and mottled tiles that sport several colors mixed together. Slate roofing colors unfading mottled green and purple a vermont slate of unusual color ranging in soft shades of purple and green in each piece from purple predominating to green predominating. This semi weathering purple slate is frequently used to smooth the color transitions on multi colored roofs.

Unfading red a hard vein red slate similar in color to spanish mission tile. It is the most durable form of iron and not affected by exposure.