/ 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: Orthogneiss
Water absorption (% mass): 0.5
Abrasion resistance: 120 mm2
Place of origin: Onsernone Valley – CH
Flexural strength under concentrated load N/mm2: 55
Flexural strength after freeze/thaw cycles N/mm2: 54
Mass per unit volume (kg/m3): 2,680