Creating a stone texture

Make a new document, 1000×1000 pixels, white background

Apply a Filter > Render > Clouds

Go to the Channel tab and make a new channel.

Go to Filter > Render > Difference Clouds. Now Repeat it 2-3 times after more. Your image should look like this:

Go back to your layer and do choose Filter > Render > Lighting effect and use these settings: Light type: Spotlight, Intensity 36, Focus 59, Gloss -100, Material 68, Exposure -25, Ambience 11, Texture channel Alpha1, Height 100.

Your image will look like this:

Play a little with Hue/Saturation as I did. Your final image will look like this:

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