cremino marble, italian cream marble, perlato di sicilia, saddles, window sill, shower seats
cremino marble, italian cream marble, perlato di sicilia, saddles, window sill, shower seats
Sicilian Perlato, better known as Perlato di Sicilia, is a very elegant variety of Italian marble used to build and decorate many monuments like St Peter in Rome.
Recently, it has been used also for the new Central Station of Milan.
Thanks to its great features, both technical and aesthetic, Perlato di Sicilia marble can be used in several fields. It belongs to the family of the always fashionable Italian marbles.
The quarries of the Italian marble Perlato di Sicilia are situated in the western area of Sicily, in the district of Custonaci town, next to Trapani.
Here, Perlato of Sicily is quarried, manufactured and produced for interior and exterior design, street furniture, home decoration, etc.
Perlato di Sicilia is really famous worldwide and especially required by Middle Eastern countries.
Perlato of Sicily takes its name from its wonderful shiny surface that makes the space where it is used absolutely stylish. It has a light ivory color, due to the presence of fossiliferous limestone, with brown arabesques and lighter spots of pure calcite spaced out by little fossil shells, like brown spots, and brownish or yellowish veins.
Sicilia Perlato is an excellent material with great aesthetic and technical features, like many Italian marbles. Its distinguishing quality is its versatility: Perlato di Sicilia is perfect to decorate both interior and exterior spaces, streets and homes, combining functionality with a really fine taste.
Technical specifications:
Composition: 97% CaCO3 with of oxides of Fe, P, Al e Mn
Compression breaking load: 2002 kg/cmq
Compression breaking load after freezing: 2088 kg/cmq
Absorption coefficient: 0.90
Indirect tensile breaking load by bending: 139 kg/cmq
Impact resistance: 29 cm
Linear thermal expansion coefficient: 0.0043
Frictional wear test: 0.57
Specific gravity: 2687 kg/mc
Modulus of elasticity: 705.000 kg/cmq
Production
Blocks
Slabs
Tiles of different sizes
Steps / Risers
Skirting boards
Special works
Urban furniture