Pietra Di Luserna Quartzite Cube Stone & Pavers, Grey Quartzite Paving Sets Italy

The Luserna stone is a metamorphic rock shale belonging to the group of gneiss . It is in particular of gneiss lamellar type , ie that is presented in a set of stacked layers as the sheets of a book . Is extracted from quarries located in the foothills of the Hautes Piedmont central west , between Val Pellice and the Po Valley , in the municipalities of Luserna San Giovanni , Rora , Bagnolo Piemonte and Barge , for which it has always been an important economic resource . Its use is very old and still characterizes the type of construction of the buildings and the urban areas of origin and of the whole Piedmont , from which , since the 70 years of ' 900 , had a spread both nationally and internationally .