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BluedeSavoie-intro

Bleu de Savoie, extracted in Aime (Savoy), is a crystalline marble which presents, for this reason, a very bright and homogeneous appearance with, sometimes, white/grey veins.
Due to its suitability to all kind of architectural styles, from classical to contemporary ones, it is appreciated and preferred by architects and interior designers.
The many finishing options (…) can easily satisfy all customer requests. In some of the following pictures we can observe the perfect wedding between a very hi quality marble and a particularly suitable wood.

REALISATIONS

Tech Sheet

ORIGIN
Location
Villette town (Savoy), 10 km North of Moutiers.

Description
Metamorphic rock. Crystalline limestone compact medium grained and bluish gray. General appearance fairly homogeneous.
White or light gray veining discreet enough. Some benches are a little more sustained color with purple hues, white spots and more pronounced veining.

USES
Main uses
Flooring
Wall cladding
Dimension stone works – Ashlar

Textures
Polish
Honed

Physical properties

Apparent density 2730kg/m3

 
Porosity 0,5 %

 
Abrasion resistance 28 mm

 
Compressive strength 106 MPa

 
Resistance to fixation elements 247,3 daN