/ USES

Civil and industrial construction: flooring and cladding for exteriors and interiors, risers, skirting, doorsteps, windowsills, window surrounds, entrances, cornices, canopies, balconies, shelves, columns. Street furniture: kerbs, paving, benches, fountains, planters. Furniture: fireplaces, tables, kitchen countertops and bathroom countertops.

/ CHARACTERISTICS

Petrographic name: Gneiss
Water absorption (% mass): 3.11
Compressive strength: 928 kg/cm2
Tensile strength after freeze cycles: 1624 kg/cm2
Unit flexural strength: 300 kg/cm
Place of origin: Provinces of Cuneo and Turin
Knoop microhardness (MPa): 4,777
Mass per unit volume (kg/m3): 2,620