/ 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 – granite
Water absorption (% mass): 0.33
Simple compressive strength (MPa): 112
Place of origin: Crevoladossola – Crodo – Baceno – Premia (VB)
Impact resistance: impact force (J): 9.0
Mass per unit volume (kg/m3): 2686
Knoop microhardness (MPa): 7109