1. A method of manufacturing and distributing stone slabs and corresponding images of the stone slabs, comprising: manufacturing a synthetic molded stone slab; assigning a unique identifier associated with the stone slab; and providing a slab image file associated with the stone slab to a remote party, the slab image file comprising a high resolution image of the stone slab and image metadata indicative of characteristics of the stone slab; wherein the image metadata of the slab image file comprises the unique identifier, a color characteristic, and a predetermined dimensional relationship including a ratio of stone slab unit length per image pixel, the ratio substantially consistent at any location of the image; and wherein the color characteristic of the image metadata comprises a numeric color rating.