THE GREY COLLECTION
Illirico Selene
The silver grey twin to Illirico Bianco with which it occurs naturally in contiguous beds up to 15m thick, this exciting new marble also comes from the Malishevë quarry in Kosovo.
The colouration and patterning of this marble is unusual and the company could have sold its test block, extracted at the end of 2015, many times over. Since the quarry moved to full production in 2016 Selene has sold well across the globe as block, slab and as cut to size. As a natural product there is some variation in both pattern and colour but this does not seem to affect strong customer demand.
ILLIRICO SELENE
Technical Data
EN Standard
GENERAL COLOURING: SILVER GREY
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: KOSOVO
PETROGRAPHIC EXAMINATION: LIMESTONE - DOLOSTONE
APPLICATION: INTERIOR / EXTERIOR
SLAB FINISHING: POLISHED, HONED, LEATHERED, BUSH HAMMERED
ABRASION RESISTANCE (mm): 20.5
WATER ABSORPTION (at atmospheric pressure): 1.3%
APPARENT DENSITY (KG/M³): 2700
COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH (MPA): DRY: 98 / WET: 89
OPEN POROSITY: 1.1%
FLEXIBLE STRENGTH (under concentrated load): 15.3MPa
SLIP RESISTANCE: HONED - DRY: 38, WET: 11
ASTM Standard
PETROGRAPHIC EXAMINATION: MARBLE (II)
ABRASION RESISTANCE (HA): 22.3
WATER ABSORPTION (at atmospheric pressure): 0.77%
BULK SPECIFIC GRAVITY (KG/M³): 2562
COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH (MPA): 145
MODULUS OF RUPTURE (MPA): 9.3