Belgian blue limestone®

Other names/varieties

Blue limestone/Petit granit

Extraction area

Soignies, Ourthe-Amblève and Bocq catchment areas; Hainaut, Liège and Namur provinces.

Mineralogical components

Calcite ± 96 %, traces of dolomite, quartz and pyrite.

Maximum dimensions of raw blocks

Length 4.5 m; Width 2.5 m; Thickness 2.5 m

Minimum application thickness

Cladding 1 cm; paving 2 cm.

Surface effects

Split, sbattu, striated, bush hammered, sclypé, combed, chiselled, old cut, ice flowers, flamed, aged, sawn, grinded, honed, polished.

Common outdoor applications

rubble stone, paving, setts, dressed stone, curb, sills, thin cladding, window frames, window sills, staircases, wall coping, stone-pack, urban furniture.

Common indoor applications

tiles, living, skirting, stairs, worktops and all marble, carving and sculpture applications.