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Granites from Karelia

Pripolyarny garnetiferous amphibolite

Pripolyarny garnetiferous amphibolite

Pripolyarny quarry, Karelia, Russia

Features high decorative qualities, unlimited application in construction, finishing, decoration, high-class memorials and monuments. Non-portrait, but with high decorative application.

Texture
Fine-grained, spotty and banded, with unevenly alternating pattern
Colour
Polychrome, black-white-red
  • Thickness: 3,12 g/cm3
  • Compressive strength: 125 MPa
  • Water absorption: 0,22 %
  • Frost resistance: 100 F
  • Abrasion: 0,78 g/cm2
  • Radioactivity: class 1
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Gabbro Diabase

Gabbro Diabase

Drugoretskoye quarry, Karelia, Russia

High-strength, fit for portrait sculpture, ideal for engraving. Excellent for memorial, building, finishing, decoration applications.

Texture
Fine-grained, even-grained, homogeneous
Colour
Dark grey, polished black with slight whitish inclusions
  • Thickness: 3,07 g/cm3
  • Compressive strength: 311 MPa
  • Water absorption: 0,1 %
  • Frost resistance: 300 F
  • Abrasion: 0,1 g/cm2
  • Radioactivity: class 1
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Garnetiferous amphibolite

Garnetiferous amphibolite

Nigrozero quarry, Karelia, Russia

Features high decorative qualities, unlimited application in construction, finishing, decoration, high-class memorials and monuments. Non-portrait, but with high decorative application.

Texture
Fine-grained, spotty and banded, with unevenly alternating pattern
Colour
Polychrome, black-white-red
  • Thickness: 3,12 g/cm3
  • Compressive strength: 125 MPa
  • Water absorption: 0,22 %
  • Frost resistance: 100 F
  • Abrasion: 0,78 g/cm2
  • Radioactivity: class 1
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Pyroxenite

Pyroxenite

Sopka Buntina quarry, Karelia, Russia

Features high decoration qualities. Applied in all types of decoration as well as in the manufacture of countertops, window sills, bar counters, fountains, architectural and decorative elements, etc.

Texture
Coarse-crystalline, multidirectional
Colour
Deep dark green, emerald, fading to brown black
  • Thickness: 3,05 g/cm3
  • Compressive strength: 97 MPa
  • Water absorption: 0,12 %
  • Frost resistance: 100 F
  • Abrasion: 0,35 g/cm2
  • Radioactivity: class 1
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