Lundhs Blue Pearl Granite Blocks

Bjørndalen quarry, located in Larvik, Norway
Lundhs Blue is extracted from our quarries in the area called Tvedalen. Bjørndalen, GT and NC are the most famous quarries. The material is known as the original Blue Pearl, characterized by it’s medium-sized, blue feldspar crystals. This material has a wide range of use in areas like countertops, flooring, shop fronts, monuments and cladding.
Lundhs Blue is known as the original Blue Pearl, characterized by it’s medium-sized, blue feldspar crystals. This material has a wide range of use in areas like countertops, flooring, shop fronts, monuments and cladding.
Technical Properties Standard Mean Values
stone name: ns-en 12407 monzonite (larvikite)
structure: coarse grained
texture: oriented feldspar crystals with lustre
compressive strength: ns-en 1926 231 mpa
flexural strength: ns-en 12372 14.8 mpa
flexural strength: ns-en 12371 14.1 mpa
(after 48 frost cycles)
abrasion resistance, böhme: din 52 1081 6.7 cm3/ 50 cm2
abrasion resistance, böhme: ns-en 14157 (b)2 7102 mm3
abrasion resistance, wide wheel: ns-en 14157 (a)3 16.0 mm
water absorption: ns-en 13755 0.04 % weight
apparent density: ns-en 1936 2730 kg/m3
open porosity: ns-en 1936 0.1%
breaking load at dowel holes: ns-en 13364 3700 n
slip resistance: ns-en 14231 49 srv (dry)
(honed surface) 6 srv (wet)
rupture energy, thickness 30 mm: ns-en 14158 2.7 j
resistance to ageing
by thermal shock: ns-en 14066 no visual changes. no weight loss
petrographic composition: ns-en 12407 feldspar 80%
pyroxene 5%
olivine 4%
amphibole 4%
nepheline 3%
magnetite 2%
apatite 1%
biotite 1%