Black - Slate
Quarry Location: Rahinkkalanvaar, Puolanka, Kotila, Oulu
Water Absorption: 0.23 By weight %
Density: 2860 kg/m3
Flexural Strength: 24 MPa
Compressive Strength: 69 Mpa
Recommended Usage: roof tiles, kitchen and bathroom countertops, monuments, stairs, building stone, ornamental stone, interior, exterior wall and floor applications, mosaic, waterjet pattern
Finishing Surface: Flamed,Bush Hammered,Tumbled,Brushed,Honed,Split,Machine Cut,Natural Surface,Sandblasted,Acid Washing,Combed,Leathered,Water Jet,Filled,Chiseled,Pickling
Additional Names: Puolanka Slate,Lappia Silver,Black Mica Slate
A silver-coloured, folded mica schist from Puolanka.
Schistose and muscovite bearing layers folded in small scale. Quarried and processed like granite.
Mineralogical composition
Muscovite mica:37%
Biotite mica:18%
Quartz:38%