/ 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: Norite
Water absorption (% mass): 1.00
Compressive strength: 2940 kg/cm2
Breaking load after freeze/thaw cycles: 2820 kg/cm2
Unit flexural strength: 236 kg/cm
Place of origin: South Africa
Mass per unit volume (kg/m3): 2,970