These are extensively used in the construction industry, for decorative purposes in building facings, bath rooms and for floor tiles. It is used for making handicraft items. The most commonly used are simple marble, onyx or banded marble and igneous rocks, mainly granite, dolerite etc. Pakistan has massive reserves of marble & granite. Marble occur widely in the Gilgit and Skardu region, in Chitral, Khyber District, Swat and Mardan Districts of Khyber Pukhtunkhwa , in Azad Kashmir. Attractive and good quality granitic rocks occur in Gilgit, Chitral, Swat, Hazara, Raskoh, Las Bela, and Nagar Parker areas. Milk white granite has been mined from a locality 18km north of Gilgit. Pink granite of Nagar Parker areas are relatively close to industrial city Karachi. Granite is being produced from KPK, Sindh and Balochistan. Dolerite dykes from several localities especially from Neelam valley of Azad Kashmir provide jet black slabs for tiles and wall facings. The private sector exclusively deals with the production, processing and marketing of marble and other decorative stones. Known reserves in the country are 297 billion tons of marble and 1000 billion tons of granite. Presently Pakistan is producing 4.3 million tons of good quality marble & granite with different shades. These are being mined and marketed under erotic trade names such as Golden, Trevera, Boutecenne, Verona, Black and Red Zebra, Oceanic, Sunny Grey, Badal, Sunny White, Silky Black, Red Strawberry, Black Galaxy, Sadho Pink, Noshehra Pink, Jet Black, Thar Red, Swat Green, Black & Gold Marble etc.