Purple Slate Roof Tiles

This medium textured slate weathers very little and is one of the most unique colors available on earth.

Purple slate roof tiles.

Purple slate is beautiful in colour and is caused by haematite. 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. Haematite is an oxide of iron found in slates formed from deposits laid down in oxidising conditions. This semi weathering purple slate is frequently used to smooth the color transitions on multi colored roofs.

Sometimes called strata gray royal purple a beautiful nearly clear dark purple. 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. A percentage of these purple roof shingles will weather to tones of brown and buff over time. Unfading red a hard vein red slate similar in color to spanish mission tile.

In vermont mottled purple slate purple and green combine to form unique patterns in each slate. 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. 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. North country semi weathering purple is a premium quality roofing slate in various shades of burgundy with frequent inclusions of green.

Canadian black mottled gray black grayish background with mottled shades of darker gray black some weathering can occur. Haematite is not visible to the naked eye but can be recognised by its purple colour.