Shanxi Black Granite From China

Shanxi Black Granite From China

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Synonyms: Absolute Black, China Black, China Supreme Black, HD-001, Nero Supreme, Sanxi Black, Shan Xi Black, Shang Xi Black, Shanxi Black Cinese, Shanxi Dark, Shanxy Black, Supreme Black, SXB 001, WG109

Origin: China, Beiyve, Shanxi province - several quarries, the gabbro site is an up to 60 m wide vein.

Technical and physical characteristics
Bulk density: 3,040 kg/dm³
Compression breaking load: 350 N/mm²
Water absorption: 0,327 vol-%

This stone internationally may be nominated as a granite however in the area of application of the European Standard (EN) this stone must be nominated as gabbro.

A fine-grained, intensive black gabbro.

Gabbro: Gabbro is a dark, coarse-grained, intrusive igneous rock chemically equivalent to basalt. It is a plutonic rock, formed when molten magma is trapped beneath the Earth's surface and cools into a crystalline mass.