/ USES

Civil construction: flooring and cladding for exteriors and interiors, risers, skirting, doorsteps, windowsills, window surrounds, entrances, cornices, canopies, balconies, shelves, columns. Furniture: fireplaces, tables, kitchen countertops and bathroom countertops.

/ CHARACTERISTICS

Petrographic name: Marble (Calcarenite)
Water absorption (% mass): 1.15
Compressive strength: 1334 kg/cm2
Tensile strength after freeze cycles: 1300 kg/cm2
Unit flexural strength: 202 kg/cm
Place of origin: Carrara
Mass per unit volume (kg/m3): 2,711