/ USES

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

/ CHARACTERISTICS

Petrographic name: granite
Water absorption (% mass): 0.31
Simple compressive strength (MPa): 147
Place of origin: Mergozzo (VB)
Impact resistance: impact force (J): 6.1
Mass per unit volume (kg/m3): 2629
Knoop microhardness (MPa): 5445