Knife block made of Goth Red | Big Diamond Cut

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Knife block made of Goth red with a holding hole for wooden spoons and a bevelled side edge.

Goth red is a Swedish granite and is quarried on the eastern coast of Småland in quarries near the towns of Askaremåla and Gothenburg. The name Goth red refers to the Goths, an East Germanic people. Many banks and insurance companies on our planet decorate their headquarters with a Goth red facade to express their size and influence.

Type of rock: Granite

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

Rock group: Plutonic rock

Appearance: Red, Black, Coarse-grained

Location: Askaremåla/ Gothenburg, Sweden

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

Technical data: Goth Red

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Compressive strength: 117 MPa

Bending strength: 15.4 MPa

Water absorption: 0.21% by weight

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