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Always focused and dedicated to the enhancement of the stone, our company has an extensive excavation area, located in the heart of the Botticino Classico marble basin; fundamental starting point to get to what is now our production in the different qualities of Botticino Classico marble.

A starting point of which our team of employees increases the value. The specialized staff, competent and willing to embrace the working philosophy of the company has contributed, in fact, in an essential way to the achievement of the high standards that now reward us.

Productive process

Respect for the environment and safety, availability of the best technology and love for own work characterize our production cycle, which currently consists of three main phases: excavation, squaring blocks and sending them to our national and international customers.

The material
Botticino Classico, an unique marble, valuable and renowned all over the world.

Botticino Classico

Botticino Classico is a unique marble, known worldwide for its features and its value. Its chromatic veins on ivory white base colours and the versatility of use both in outdoor and interiors, thanks to its physical-mechanical characteristics, have made it a famous and sought after material, whose reputation is today well known all over the world. A reputation that we felt compelled to protect, through the action of “Consortium of Botticino Classico Marble Producers”, to which we belong, which promoted the creation of the collective mark of origin “Marmo Botticino Classico”, the first example of mark of origin in the marble sector.

The Monument to Vittorio Emanuele II in Rome, also known as “Altare della Patria” is perhaps the most famous example of the beauty and resistance of Botticino to passing time, regarding its use for exterior and for architectural works of immense value. While, are now famous the Grand Central Terminal in New York, the International Convention Centre in Dubai and the interior of the Teatro alla Scala, with regard to interiors.

 

Tests performed at the Laboratorio di Petrografia Applicata del Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, Parma University.

Description Average Value
Real density (UNI EN 1936, January 2001) 2710 kg/m³
Water absorption at atmospheric pressure (UNI EN 13755, December 2002) 0,14%
Compression strength (UNI EN 1926, December 2000) 183 Mpa
Compression strength after alternated freezing-unfreezing cycles (UNI EN 1926, December 2000) 164 Mpa
Flexural strength under concentrated load (UNI EN 12372, April 2001) 12,7 Mpa
Flexural strenth under concentrated load after alternating freezing-unfreezing cycles (UNI EN 1926, December 2000) 12,9 Mpa
Abrasion resistance (UNI EN 14157, October 2004) 20,0 mm

In the table the main chemical elements present in the Botticino Classico are described in percentages.

Element CO2 CaO MgO S1O2 AI2O3 Fe2O2 Na2O K2O Various oxides
Percentage 45,95 50,71 2,47 – 0,10 0,04 0,17 0,02 Traces