Serpentino
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Serpentine is a famous, historic and elegant silicate metamorphic rock extracted mainly in the Italian Alps (particularly in Valmalenco, Lombardy and the Aosta Valley, with important varieties also quarried in Greece, Turkey and India). Celebrated since ancient times and the Renaissance in monumental architecture and today in fine interior design, it represents one of the most iconic and structurally reliable green ornamental stones.
Visually, it is distinguished by a deep and enveloping background matrix in shades of dark green, forest green, olive green and pine green, capillarily traversed by a dense texture of thin veins, fibrils and micro-fractures recrystallized in shades of light green, lime white, ash grey and dark black.
Geologically it is classified as a serpentinite / silicate metamorphic rock (derived from the hydrothermal transformation of ultramafic peridotites, composed mainly of serpentine group minerals such as antigorite, lizardite and chrysotile, with the presence of magnetite and chlorite). Being a stone with a predominantly silicate matrix, it has excellent general resistance to dilute acids and common detergents, being significantly less sensitive and operable than classic carbonate marbles (although it is always advisable to avoid prolonged contact with aggressive industrial acids). It has a medium-high hardness (Mohs scale 4–5), high mechanical compactness, a low water absorption rate and extraordinary resistance to frost and trampling.
– premium flooring and cladding: used for interior and exterior floors, state lobbies, walkways and facade cladding due to its frostiness and wear resistance.
– bathroom tops, vanity tops, and SPAs: ideal for vanity tops, custom shower trays, and wellness area coverings, offering a natural, deep, and extremely relaxing aesthetic.
– kitchen tops and countertops: successfully used for kitchen tops and furniture counters thanks to good chemical-mechanical stability.
– furnishing elements and architectural restoration: very present in the creation of thresholds, window surrounds, ornamental fireplaces, stone inlay and designer staircase cladding.
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