Black Granite Tombstone,Monument

These are the traditional two-piece upright memorials you see in your local cemetery. They can have flat, oval or serpentine tops. As a general rule, monument tablets come 6 and 8 inches thick.
? Six-inch tablets sit on bases that are 12 inches wide and 6 inches high.
? Eight-inch tablets sit on bases that are 14 inches wide and 8 inches high.
The length of monument tablets and bases increases in 6-inch increments. The thickness or width and the height increases in 2-inch increments. Finally, as an industry standard, all dimensions can fall in a range of plus or minus 1/2 inch.
Finish:
The finish is important because the more sides that are polished, the more expensive the monument. Rock-pitched refers to the way the top or end is finished with a hammer and chisel whereby the granite is chipped off so it remains rough or rocky.
Here are your finish choices:
? Polish 2: the front and back are polished and the top and ends are rock-pitched.
? Polish 3: the front, back and top are polished and the ends are rock-pitched.
? Polish 5: the front, back, top and both ends are polished.
? The base is usually polished on top but the sides are rock-pitched. The base can also be finished with a 1?- or 2-inch polished margin around the top sides, or it can be all polished.