Labrador Antique Knife Block | Diamond Cut

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Labrador Antique Diamond Cut Knife Block

With its dark coloring, Labrador Antique is one of the most extraordinarily beautiful types of granite. It is very popular due to its luxurious appearance, as this granite is characterized by bright inclusions. Thus, the Labrador Antique creates a very special ambience for lovers of stylish home decor. This natural stone is categorised as anorthosite among the various types of granite. Anorthosites have special properties.
Are you wondering how they came into being? TYCOON STONE SCHMIDKE explains it to you: These plutonic rocks have a high proportion of mixed crystals, i.e. plagioclases. They produce intense light reflections in the rock mass, which are referred to as iridescent (interference colors). This is an optical phenomenon in which the surface appears in different colors depending on the perspective. The magmatic rock mass therefore presents itself with dark minerals and light, iridescent inclusions.
Such plutonites were formed in a very slow cooling process at great depths in the earth's crust. Such a combination of extremely high temperatures and the depth of formation caused a slow crystallization, which in the end results in the typical large-grained structure. Labrador Antique looks particularly beautiful in rooms with generously sized windows. The blue light reflections create a very special effect here.

Type of rock: Anorthosite/ Granite

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

Rock group: Plutonic rock

Appearance: Interference colours, changing according to lighting and direction, Brown coarse grained

Location: Egersund, NORWAY

Acid resistance: Individual minerals are not permanently acid resistant.

Technical data: Labrador Antique

Bulk density: 2.69 t/m³

Compressive strength: 220 MPa

Bending strength: 17.3 MPa

Water absorption: 0.07-0.12 wt.%

Frost resistance: Frost resistant