/ 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: Orthogneiss
Water absorption (% mass): 0.3
Abrasion resistance: 18 mm.
Place of origin: Lodrino – CH
Flexural strength under concentrated load (MPa): 17.4
Flexural strength after freeze/thaw cycles (MPa): 17.0
Mass per unit volume (kg/m3): 2,468