Serizzo Formazza, Hail Gneiss, Beola Ghiandonata, Beola Bianca, Granite slabs, tiles, pavers
Serizzo Formazza, Hail Gneiss, Beola Ghiandonata, Beola Bianca, Granite slabs, tiles, pavers
Granitoid ortogneiss of pre-Triassic age, with heterogeneous grain and pervasive schistosity. The rock is characterised by a light background, whitish for the presence of quartz and with a finely dotted pattern and elongated spots. It is particularly suitable fot the "open spot" use. Uses: indoor and outdoor floorings and coatings, kitchen and bathroom table-tops, stairs, benches, flower-holders, columns, fountains, funerary art, graves chapels, skirting units, threshold, window-sills, window surrounds, portals, frames, sills, shelfskerbs, road paving.
Characteristics
QUARRY LOCATION : Italy
APPLICATION : interior/exterior
WEIGHT PER UNIT OF VOLUME (BULK DENSITY) : 26,6 kN/m3
COMPRESSION BREAKING LOAD (COMPRESSIVE STRENGHT) : 150 MPa
BENDING STRENGHT (MODULUS OF RUPTURE) : 10,3 MPa
ABRASION RESISTANCE : 0,76 mm
MOISTURE ABSORPTION (by weight) : 0,46 %
COEFFICIENT OFTHERMAL EXPANSION (10/°C) : 11,25