Ilitye lesandstone lilitye lentlenga elakhiwe ikakhulu ngamancinci, iiminerali ezinobungakanani besanti okanye iinkozo zamatye, ikakhulu iquartz, feldspar, kunye nemica. Yenye yezona ntlobo zixhaphakileyo zelitye lentlenga kwaye lihlala lifumaneka kwiindawo ezisentlango naselwandle, nakwiindawo ebezikade zigutyungelwe lulwandle olungekho nzulu.
Ilitye lentlabathi libumba ukusuka ekuqokeleleni kunye nokufakwa kwesamente kwiinkozo zesanti. Iinkozo zesanti zidla ngokugcinwa ngumoya, amanzi, okanye umkhenkce kwaye emva koko ziyadityaniswa kwaye zidityaniswe kunye ngokuhamba kwexesha ukuze zenze ilitye eliqinileyo. Uhlobo kunye nobungakanani bezinto zesamente, ezifana ne-calcium carbonate okanye i-silica, inokwahluka, ukunika ilitye lesanti uluhlu lwemibala kunye nokwenziwa.
Ilitye lentlabathi linokuba noluhlu olubanzi lweempawu ezibonakalayo, kuxhomekeke ekubunjweni kwayo kunye nokusingqongileyo ekwakhiwa kuyo. Inokuba thambile kwaye ikhukuliseke ngokulula, okanye inokuba nzima kakhulu kwaye imelane nemozulu. Isenokuba neeporeshi okanye ingabi nazimbobo, echaphazela ukukwazi kwayo ukubamba amanzi kunye nokusetyenziswa kwayo njengento yokwakha.
Ilitye lesandstone sisixhobo sokwakha esixhaphakileyo kwaye sele sisetyenziswa ngokukhutheleyo ukwakha amawaka eminyaka. Kulula ukusebenza kunye kwaye inokusikwa kwiintlobo ezahlukeneyo zeemilo kunye nobukhulu. Ikwayinto eyaziwayo kwiimpawu zokuhombisa, njengemithombo kunye nemifanekiso eqingqiweyo.
Ukongeza kusetyenziso olusebenzayo, Ilitye lesandstone likwaxatyiswe ngobuhle balo kwaye lisetyenziswe njengendawo yokubonakalisa ubugcisa kangangeenkulungwane. Ilitye lentlabathi linokufumaneka kuluhlu olubanzi lwemibala, ukusuka kumhlophe ukuya kubomvu ukuya kumthubi, kunye nokuthungwa kwayo okungaqhelekanga kunye neepatheni zenza ukuba kube yinto ethandwayo yokhetho lwabakroli, abakroli, kunye namanye amagcisa.