Purple - Granite
Quarry Location: Kulvemäki, Rautavaara
Water Absorption: 0.08 By weight %
Density: 2928 kg/m3
Flexural Strength: 15.4 - 23.9 MPa
Compressive Strength: 166 - 233 MPa
Recommended Usage: kitchen and bathroom countertops, monuments, stairs, building stone, ornamental stone, interior, exterior wall and floor applications, mosaic, waterjet pattern
Finishing Surface: Polished,Flamed,Bush Hammered,Tumbled,Brushed,Honed,Split,Machine Cut,Natural Surface,Sandblasted,Acid Washing,Combed,Leathered,Water Jet,Filled,Chiseled,Pickling
Additional Names: Purple Pearl Granite, Rautavaara Lilac Pearl Granite, Rautavaara Pearl Granite,Lilac Pearl Granite
Lilac Pearl is a dark gneiss with strong lilac base and additional shades of golden brown. Abundant in garnate, it has a moderately streaked pattern. All interior and outdoor uses.
Mineral distribution on the average: quartz: 39,9%, cordierite: 22,3%, amphbole: 17,5%, garnet: 15,9%, chlorite: 3,1%, magnetite: 1,1%, biotite: 0,2%.
Mohs' hardness 6,1 - 6,6
Determined by North Karelia Polytechnic Laboratory for testing of building materials. Test number KKSH010408.
Absorption: (prEN-13755) 0,08 w-%
Compressive Strenght: (SFS-EN 1926) 233 MPa
Modulus of Rupture: (SFS-EN 12371) 23,9 Mpa
Bulk Specific Gravity:(SFS-EN 1936) 2928 kg/m3