The gravestone is placed on the grave of beloved by with some quotes on it or the person’s name, date of birth; death date is inscribed on it. Mostly it is used in the Jewish, Christian, and Muslim religion. In Europe region, most of the people also put a photograph of the deceased person on the stone. It is very common in those parts of Europe. The stone of the grave is a stone slab which puts on the grave of a person. It is put on the head side of the grave that is why it is also known as a headstone. The stones which are used for headstones are:

Limestone or Marble: Both of these stones can be craved well that is why they can use as a gravestone. But with rainwater, the acid present in the water of rain can dissolve marble and limestone and make the craved wordings unreadable.

Slate: These can also be used as headstones. Their texture is pleasing but they are prone to delamination and slightly porous. They can highlight wordings with gilding or white paint.

Fieldstones: At first these stones are used as headstones. On these stones, only the name and age of a deceased person is carved.

Sandstone: These stones are durable and soft that it makes carving easy. They make carving easy on them that are why carving does not take so much time on them.

Granite: It is a hard stone and it requires a skillful and talented person who can carve on it with their hands. Now a day, carving can be easily done on it through different machines. The carving on it does not get unreadable.

Auckland headstone can be found in their cemetery. You can take a look there and can find which stone will be good. Some people like to carve some inspirational quote on their headstone when they become dead. The size of headstones can be varying, some can be large in size and some can be small. In the Christian religion, they put a cross sign on the headstone. Most people put the name and date of the dead person so that it gets easy to find their grave. Some people like to put some types of signs and symbols on their tombstone. Muslims carve their Islamic verses on the headstone, Christian carve the verses from their Bible. The shape of the headstone can be varying.