Belgian blue limestone®

Autres appellations / variétés

Blue limestone/Petit granit

Zone d'extraction

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

Composition minéralogique

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

Dimensions maximale des éléments bruts

Length 4.5 m; Width 2.5 m; Thickness 2.5 m

Epaisseur minimale d'application

Cladding 1 cm; paving 2 cm.

Etats de surface

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

Applications courantes extérieures

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

Applications courantes intérieures

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