Knife block made of Naxos marble with Nero Assoluto

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Naxos marble is a coarse-crystalline, white marble that is mined on the Greek Cycladic island of Naxos .
It is one of the marbles that was important in ancient Greece. Marble has been mined on the island up until modern times (2014). The large crystals that make up Naxos marble are a special feature.
The Nero Assoluto natural stone is one of the most elegant of its kind. The black stone is a gabro, a magmatic stone of plutonic origin. Also known as plutonite, these stones are formed deep inside the earth, mainly in the oceanic crust. Among the gabbros, the Nero Assoluto Zimbabwe is a rare plutonic rock with the composition of a gabbro-plutonic stone. The special feature here is that this stone appears almost exclusively in black and is covered with tiny minerals.

BLACK ASSOLUT

Rock type: Basalt

Age: Precambrian (covers the first 4 billion years of Earth’s history)

Rock group: igneous rocks

Appearance: Black, White Clouds, Fine Grained

Location: Mutoka, Zimbabwe

Acid resistance: The stone is resistant to acid attacks within normal limits.

Technical data: Nero Assoluto

Bulk density: 3.04 t/m³

Compressive strength: 288 MPa

Bending strength: 31 MPa

Water absorption: 0.11% by weight

Frost resistance: Frost resistant