Roman Schist
Have you heard of this stone. I am thinking of using it for a kitchen countertop. It's a grey stone similar in appearance to Pietra Di Cardosa.
Jerry:
No I never heard of it.
Schistose rocks can be anything. there's not a specific mineralogy about schistose rocks. The term schinst mostly indicates a particular way and degree of matamorphism the stone was formed by and went through, but it can be anything; not to mention the possibility that maybe is not even a schist. After all, some call schist the Pietra di Cardoso... And some others call it sandstone and yet some others call it soapstone. It's none of them; it's calcareus phillyte and is not suitable for a kitchen invironment.
Therefore I can't make any comment on the suitability of that particlar stone for the intents and purposes of a kitchen countertop.
You could get your own intelligence and run a little easy test fo find out, however.
Granted, it is not granite, but the testing and the advice included in the article applies to any stone.
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http://www.marblecleaning.org/purpose.htm?
:-)
Ciao and good luck,
Mauri
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io Bertoli
Article ID: 31
Created On: Tue, May 15, 2007 at 7:57 AM
Last Updated On: Tue, May 15, 2007 at 12:00 AM
Authored by: Maurizio Bertoli [mail@mbstone.com]
Online URL: https://marblecleaning.org/knowledgebase/article.php?id=31