<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30389942</id><updated>2011-12-15T04:05:35.283+01:00</updated><category term='alabaster'/><category term='Stone Care Products'/><category term='Granite'/><category term='porfido'/><category term='Marble'/><category term='Glass Tile'/><category term='Marble Sinks'/><category term='santafiora'/><title type='text'>International Stone Consultancy</title><subtitle type='html'>International Stone Consultancy is a Natural Stone Resource. This is a blog about importing marble, granite, travertine, limestone, onyx, alabaster, porphyry and other stones from Italy. This is an archive of ISC's Newsletters.</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://intlstoneconsultancy.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30389942/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://intlstoneconsultancy.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>International Stone Consultancy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10948311559595166267</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='19' src='http://www.stone-resource.com/images/iscnoshadow.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>8</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30389942.post-527838312092074914</id><published>2007-08-02T16:09:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2007-08-02T16:18:04.256+02:00</updated><title type='text'>ISC Newsletter - Jun 07</title><content type='html'>This issue I decided to look across the Mediterranean sea to Spain's marble-producing region. Spanish stone is widely used in America, Europe and the Middle East and ISC has contacts direct with the Spanish quarries. I am highlighting some of the most popular Spanish materials.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~&lt;br /&gt;In this issue...&lt;br /&gt;* Crema Marfil&lt;br /&gt;* Rojo Alicante&lt;br /&gt;* Emperador Dark&lt;br /&gt;* Negro Marquina&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~&lt;br /&gt;Rojo Alicante&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.stone-resource.com/images/materials_small/rojo_alicante_marble1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://www.stone-resource.com/images/materials_small/rojo_alicante_marble1.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Rojo Alicante is a fine-grained, yellow-red, brown-red&lt;br /&gt;to intensive red micritic limestone of the Eocene&lt;br /&gt;period, with two generations of white calcite veins.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Technical Data&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Density :2,70 - 2,71 kg/dm³&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Apparent Porosity : 0,1 - 0,27 %&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Compressive Strength : 84,0 - 94,67 N/mm²&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Flexural Strength : 8,73 - 12,4 N/mm²&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Polish constant only inside.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Uses: Ornamental stone inside.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~&lt;br /&gt;Emperador Dark &lt;a href="http://www.stone-resource.com/images/materials_small/emperador_dark_marble.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://www.stone-resource.com/images/materials_small/emperador_dark_marble.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Also called Emperador Marron or Emperador Oscuro,&lt;br /&gt;this limestone of the Miocene period is prized for its&lt;br /&gt;rich chocolate color and contrasting small and large&lt;br /&gt;white calcite veins. It is commonly referred to as&lt;br /&gt;marble due to its ability to be polished.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Technical Data&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Density : 2,65 kg/dm³&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Apparent Porosity : 1,0 vol.-%&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Compressive Strength : 156,6 N/mm²&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Flexural Strength : 20,6 N/mm²&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Not frost resistant. Polish constant only inside.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Uses: Ornamental stone.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.stone-resource.com/images/materials_small/nero_marquina_marble.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://www.stone-resource.com/images/materials_small/nero_marquina_marble.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Negro Marquina&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Negro Marquina a.k.a. Nero Marquina is a black&lt;br /&gt;limestone of the Carboniferous period, with white&lt;br /&gt;calcite veins and fossil fragments ( rudistes and&lt;br /&gt;corals ). It is also typically referred to as a marble&lt;br /&gt;since it is dense enough to be polished.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Technical Data&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Density : 2,680 - 2,710 kg/dm³&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Apparent Porosity : 0,17 - 0,22 weight-%&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Compressive Strength : 111,83 - 115,76 N/mm²&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Flexural Strength : 13,44 - 13,93 N/mm²&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Frost resistant. Polish constant only inside.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Uses: Ornamental stone inside, low hardness, it's not&lt;br /&gt;advisible to use polished tiles for flooring.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~&lt;br /&gt;Crema Marfil&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.stone-resource.com/images/materials_small/crema_marfil_marble.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://www.stone-resource.com/images/materials_small/crema_marfil_marble.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Crema Marfil is widely appreciated for its neutral&lt;br /&gt;cream tonality and its low variation rate. It is a beige&lt;br /&gt;oolitic limestone of the Eocene period, with many&lt;br /&gt;fossil fragments (foraminifera + echinoderma), often&lt;br /&gt;considered a marble since it can be polished.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Technical Data&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Density : 2,70 - 2,72 kg/dm³&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Apparent Porosity : 0,15 - 0,50 %&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Compressive Strength : 96,7 - 162 N/mm² (the&lt;br /&gt;suppliers's informations are wide-spread!)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Flexural Strength : 19,4 - 19,4 N/mm²&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Frost resistant, polish constant only inside.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Uses: Ornamental stone in- and outside.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;Visit our site http://www.intlstoneconsultancy.com&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/30389942-527838312092074914?l=intlstoneconsultancy.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://intlstoneconsultancy.blogspot.com/feeds/527838312092074914/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=30389942&amp;postID=527838312092074914' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30389942/posts/default/527838312092074914'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30389942/posts/default/527838312092074914'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://intlstoneconsultancy.blogspot.com/2007/08/isc-newsletter-jun-07.html' title='ISC Newsletter - Jun 07'/><author><name>International Stone Consultancy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10948311559595166267</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='19' src='http://www.stone-resource.com/images/iscnoshadow.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30389942.post-2450184461304656692</id><published>2007-03-31T14:54:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2007-03-31T15:34:54.602+02:00</updated><title type='text'>ISC Newsletter - March 2007</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;I like to inform my clients not only about my new&lt;br /&gt;discoveries in the slab yard, but also about general info that could be of interest. This issue of the ISC newsletter brings you both important info about granite and will showcase my stone picks of the month.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~&lt;br /&gt;In this issue...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;* Granite Contributes to a Clean Kitchen&lt;br /&gt;* Rosso Impero&lt;br /&gt;* Inka Brown&lt;br /&gt;* Ocean Red&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;Granite Contributes to a Clean Kitchen&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.stone-resource.com/images/cleanaposterlg.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 80px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://www.stone-resource.com/images/Cleanpostersm.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;A study by Dr. O. Peter Snyder of the Hospitality&lt;br /&gt;Institute of Technology and Management used ecoli&lt;br /&gt;bacteria as its contaminating agent. The findings of&lt;br /&gt;the report show significant cleanability advantages of&lt;br /&gt;natural granite counter tops over almost all other&lt;br /&gt;commonly found counter top surface materials.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Using six counter top surfaces for the test, granite was&lt;br /&gt;ranked first in cleanability. After washing and rinsing,&lt;br /&gt;the granite tops provided the greatest reduction in&lt;br /&gt;bacteria counts of all the counter top materials tested&lt;br /&gt;followed by stainless steel, concrete, tile, wood, and&lt;br /&gt;plastic laminate.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;"Clean Granite" Poster available on the Marble Institue&lt;br /&gt;of America's web site. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.marble-institute.com/industryresources/sanitation.cfm"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Click here for details&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.hi-tm.com/Documents/Countertops.html"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;To see the full report... &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.stone-resource.com/images/materials_large/Rosso_Impero.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 130px; CURSOR: hand" alt="Rosso Impero" src="http://www.stone-resource.com/images/materials_small/Rosso_Impero_sm.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Rosso Impero&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Rosso Impero is a beautiful deep-red colored stone&lt;br /&gt;which comes in enormous slabs that take a flawless&lt;br /&gt;mirror polish.It has a similar density as granite but the&lt;br /&gt;smooth pattern of veining that belongs to&lt;br /&gt;marble.&lt;br&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;Technical Data&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Density :2650 Kg /m 3&lt;br /&gt;Apparent Porosity : 0.67 %&lt;br /&gt;Compressive Strength : 129.4 Mpa&lt;br /&gt;Modulus of Rupture : 10.2 Mpa&lt;br /&gt;Flexural Strength : 15.1 Mpa&lt;br /&gt;Abrasion Resistance : 28.4&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:margo@stone-resource.com?subject=rossoimpero" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;For info about Rosso Impero, contact ISC&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~&lt;br /&gt;Inka Brown&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.stone-resource.com/images/materials_large/Inka_Brown1.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 130px; CURSOR: hand" alt="Inka Brown" src="http://www.stone-resource.com/images/materials_small/Inka_Brown1_sm.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;Inka Brown is a marble that comes from Peru and is a&lt;br /&gt;nice neutral alternative to more common materials&lt;br /&gt;such as Crema Marfil or Emperador Light. It has a&lt;br /&gt;richness in color that&lt;br /&gt;makes it unique (and difficult to photograph) and has&lt;br /&gt;a low absorption rating.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;Technical Data&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Density : 2.67 gr/cm3&lt;br /&gt;Apparent Porosity : 0.34%&lt;br /&gt;P.E.A.: 26.21 KN/m3&lt;br /&gt;P.A.: 0.92%&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:margo@stone-resource.com?subject=Inka" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Write ISC about Inka Brown.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;Ocean Red &lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.stone-resource.com/images/materials_large/Ocean_Red.JPG"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 130px; CURSOR: hand" alt="Ocean Red" src="http://www.stone-resource.com/images/materials_small/Ocean_Red_sm.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Ocean Red is a striking granite which ranges from&lt;br /&gt;emerald green hues to garnet reds. It is made up&lt;br /&gt;mainly of&lt;br /&gt;Silicon Dioxide (51.64%) and Aluminum Oxide (17.09&lt;br /&gt;%).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Silicon Dioxide typically comes in the form of silica or&lt;br /&gt;quartz. Aluminium oxide is commonly found in&lt;br /&gt;granites and contributes to its hardness. It is also&lt;br /&gt;known as an excellent thermal and&lt;br /&gt;electrical insulator. It has a position on the Mohs scale&lt;br /&gt;of mineral hardness at a 9 out of 10 so the high levels&lt;br /&gt;of this material in Ocean Red would make it nearly&lt;br /&gt;indestructable in use as kitchen&lt;br /&gt;surface, fireplace surround or flooring.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#cc0000;"&gt;Technical Data&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Weight in water : 55.32 gr /C&lt;br /&gt;Weight Dry : 85.45 gr /A&lt;br /&gt;Apparent Specific Gravity : 2.84 A/A -C&lt;br /&gt;Water absorption : 0.18 B- A /A * 100&lt;br /&gt;Specific Gravity Saturated : 2.83 B/B- C&lt;br /&gt;Bulk Specific Gravity : 2.82 A/B-C&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:margo@stone-resource.com?subject=Ocean" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Ask for a quote for Ocean Red&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~&lt;br /&gt;Quick Links...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Contact ISC - &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.stone-resource.com/about_contact.html"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;http://www.stone-resource.com/about_contact.html&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;About ISC - 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March 2007'/><author><name>International Stone Consultancy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10948311559595166267</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='19' src='http://www.stone-resource.com/images/iscnoshadow.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30389942.post-4041809223157964394</id><published>2007-02-21T08:27:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2007-02-21T10:07:24.787+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Granite'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Glass Tile'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Marble'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Marble Sinks'/><title type='text'>ISC Newsletter - February 2007</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Every month brings about new discoveries of products available on the market for building materials. From new quarries which are opening around the world, to new suppliers who are making innovative products. It is my job to be informed about what is out there and how to get it. This newsletter is a snapshot of some of my most recent discoveries.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:125%;"&gt;In this issue...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;* Glass Tile&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;* Carrara Visit&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;* New and Improved Stone Gallery&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;* Stone Sinks&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:125%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;Glass Tile&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;ISC now offers a complete line of mosaic tiles - in glass, stainless steel, stone or any combination thereof. These tiles are available on a custom order basis which means you can chose any color, size, shape and style you wish. &lt;a href="http://www.stone-resource.com/glass_mosaic.html" target="_blank"&gt;Visit ISC's website &lt;/a&gt;to see a cross section of the different colors and styles available. &lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.stone-resource.com/images/Glass Mosaic/tiles (21).jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 80px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://www.stone-resource.com/images/Glass Mosaic/tiles_sm (21).jpg" border="0"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.stone-resource.com/images/Glass Mosaic/tiles (11).jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 100px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://www.stone-resource.com/images/Glass Mosaic/tiles_sm (11).jpg" border="0"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.stone-resource.com/images/Glass Mosaic/tiles.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 80px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://www.stone-resource.com/images/Glass Mosaic/tiles_sm.jpg" border="0"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.stone-resource.com/images/Glass Mosaic/tiles (15).jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 100px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://www.stone-resource.com/images/Glass Mosaic/tiles_sm (15).jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.stone-resource.com/images/Glass Mosaic/tiles (19).jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 100px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://www.stone-resource.com/images/Glass Mosaic/tiles_sm (19).jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The supplier of these materials has an amazing range of possibilities available.The tiles come mounted on netting for easy and flawless installation and prices are extremely competitive compared to the UK or USA. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.stone-resource.com/images/materials_large/Golden_Lightning.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 130px; CURSOR: hand" alt="Golden Lightning Granite" src="http://www.stone-resource.com/images/materials_small/Golden_Lightning_sm.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:125%;"&gt;Carrara Visit&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;I visit suppliers all over Italy on a regular basis to keep informed about the stone selection available at any given time. This helps me propose materials to my clients that I know are readily available and with good aesthetic qualities. Its important for me to be updated about not only what new stones are on the market also to see what material the quarries of well-known stones are turning out. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;For example, it is currently possible to find beautiful Calacatta Oro, but the prices have shot up. And, it is hard to find high quality Botticino Classico right now, so I would recommend Botticino Semi-Classico to my clients. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;On my recent trip to Carrara I visited some of Italy's best and most famous stone suppliers. &lt;a href="http://www.stone-resource.com/stone_gallery.html" target="_blank"&gt;Visit my Stone Gallery&lt;/a&gt; to see some of the most beautiful stones I discovered on this and other visits to suppliers around Italy.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:125%;"&gt;New and Improved Stone Gallery&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.stone-resource.com/stone_gallery.html" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://www.stone-resource.com/images/gallery.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;The images in my stone gallery have been updated to reflect the current selection of stone available and to showcase the new materials I have discovered. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The images in the gallery are all taken by me of slabs that I have seen. In addition, there is now the feature to be able to enlarge the photos for closer inspection. &lt;a href="http://www.stone-resource.com/stone_gallery.html" target="_blank"&gt;Visit the Stone Gallery.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:125%;"&gt;Stone Sinks&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.stone-resource.com/stone_creations.html" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 150px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://www.stone-resource.com/images/sinks/Stone Basin_sm (37).jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Don't forget about ISC's line of Stone Basins! &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.stone-resource.com/stone_creations.html" target="_blank"&gt;See more stone sinks...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:125%;"&gt;Quick Links...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;Contact ISC - &lt;a href="http://www.stone-resource.com/about_contact.html"&gt;http://www.stone-resource.com/about_contact.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;About ISC - &lt;a href="http://www.stone-resource.com/stone_consultancy.html"&gt;http://www.stone-resource.com/stone_consultancy.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;Stone Gallery - &lt;a href="http://www.stone-resource.com/stone_gallery.html"&gt;http://www.stone-resource.com/stone_gallery.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;Glass Mosaic Tile Gallery - &lt;a href="http://www.stone-resource.com/glass_mosaic.html"&gt;http://www.stone-resource.com/glass_mosaic.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;Marble Sink Gallery - &lt;a href="http://www.stone-resource.com/stone_creations.html"&gt;http://www.stone-resource.com/stone_creations.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;To receive ISC Newsletters in your InBox, &lt;a href="http://visitor.constantcontact.com/optin.jsp?m=1101325656314&amp;ea=s"&gt;Click here&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;mail: &lt;a href="mailto:info@stone-resource.com"&gt;info@stone-resource.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;phone: +39.333.150.3710&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;web: &lt;a href="http://www.stone-resource.com"&gt;http://www.stone-resource.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;Visit our site http://www.intlstoneconsultancy.com&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/30389942-4041809223157964394?l=intlstoneconsultancy.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://intlstoneconsultancy.blogspot.com/feeds/4041809223157964394/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=30389942&amp;postID=4041809223157964394' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30389942/posts/default/4041809223157964394'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30389942/posts/default/4041809223157964394'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://intlstoneconsultancy.blogspot.com/2007/02/isc-newsletter-february-2007.html' title='ISC Newsletter - February 2007'/><author><name>International Stone Consultancy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10948311559595166267</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='19' src='http://www.stone-resource.com/images/iscnoshadow.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30389942.post-7242549940983783007</id><published>2007-01-06T11:25:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2007-01-06T11:47:58.715+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='santafiora'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Granite'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='alabaster'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Marble'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Marble Sinks'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='porfido'/><title type='text'>ISC Newsletter - December 2006</title><content type='html'>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~&lt;br /&gt;In this issue...&lt;br /&gt;* Italian White Alabaster&lt;br /&gt;* Santafiora Stone&lt;br /&gt;* Porphyry a.k.a. Porfido&lt;br /&gt;* Stone Sinks&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;Italian White Alabaster&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.stone-resource.com/images/materials_small/alabaster_small.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="FLOAT: left; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://www.stone-resource.com/images/materials_small/alabaster_small.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Alabaster is a dense, compact gypsum which comes in many different colors, ranging from translucent white to opaque tans, greens and reds. It also has a high level of calcite which makes it extremely sensitive to acids and even water. Alabaster is cleaned using either milk or talcum powder and a soft brush.Alabaster is beautiful when it is backlit due to its translucency. It is most often used for lamps, tables, niches, decorative bowls and handicrafts. Unlike marble, which is quarried in large square blocks, alabaster comes out of the mountain in egg-shaped boulders that are up to 1 meter in diameter.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Technical Data&lt;br /&gt;Weight per unit of volume: 2,3 kg/dm³&lt;br /&gt;Compression breaking load: max. 30 N/mm²&lt;br /&gt;Compression breaking load after freezing: Not frost resistant&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Ask about Italian Alabaster - &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:margo@stone-resource.com?subject=Alabaster"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Click here&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;Santafiora Stone&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.stone-resource.com/images/santafiora.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="FLOAT: right; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://www.stone-resource.com/images/santafiora.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Santafiora is a fine- to medium-grained, brown to red sandstone of the Lower Tertiary period. Uses: Construction stone, flooring, cladding, ornamental stone. This sandstone can even be polished due to its hardness.This stone comes from a very large quarry and is known for its consistency in color, texture and technical characteristics. It is a particularly hard stone with a high silica content which means it is ideal for cladding and flooring of large areas and buildings which are exposed to freezing temperatures, salty air/mist or seismic activity.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Technical Data&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Weight per unit of volume: 2,70 kg/dm³&lt;br /&gt;Bending strength: 12,6 N/mm²&lt;br /&gt;Compression breaking load: 88,0 N/mm²&lt;br /&gt;Abrasion resistance: 19,6 cm³/50 cm²&lt;br /&gt;Absorption coefficient (by weight): 1,53%&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;For info about Santafiora, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:margo@stone-resource.com?subject=santafiora"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;contact ISC&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;Porphyry a.k.a. Porfido&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.stone-resource.com/images/Porphyry_sm.jpg"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;img style="FLOAT: right; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://www.stone-resource.com/images/Porphyry_sm.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Porphyry is a variety of igneous rock consisting of large-grained crystals, such as feldspar or quartz, dispersed in a fine-grained feldspathic matrix or groundmass. The chief characteristic of porphyry is a large difference between the size of the tiny matrix crystals and other much larger crystals, called phenocrysts.The name porphyry has Latin roots, meaning purple or purple-clad. Porphry has long been associated with royalty due to its "royal" purple color. Various roman emperors were emtombed in sarcophagi made of porphyry.&lt;br /&gt;Porphyry is typically used in small cubes set in sand to form pavement. This is the "cobblestone" street that is commonly seen in many European cities.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Technical Data&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Weight per unit of volume: 2,555 kg/m3&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Compression breaking load: 221.5 Mpa&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Compression breaking load after freezing: 202.6 MPa&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Absorption coefficient (by weight): 6,53%&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Ultimate tensile strength: 66.180 MPa&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Impact test, min. fall height: 62cm&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Thermal linear expansion coefficient: 5.55&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Frictional wear test (relative to S. Fedelino granite): 1.51 coef.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Petrological definition: Rhyelite with elastic structure&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:margo@stone-resource.com?subject=Porphyry"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Write ISC about Porphyry&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:130%;"&gt;Stone Sinks&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.stone-resource.com/images/sinks/Stone Basin_sm (2).jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="FLOAT: left; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://www.stone-resource.com/images/sinks/Stone Basin_sm (2).jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Don't forget about ISC's line of Stone Basins!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;See more stone sinks... - &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.stone-resource.com/stone_creations.html"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;Click here&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;Visit our site http://www.intlstoneconsultancy.com&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/30389942-7242549940983783007?l=intlstoneconsultancy.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://intlstoneconsultancy.blogspot.com/feeds/7242549940983783007/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=30389942&amp;postID=7242549940983783007' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30389942/posts/default/7242549940983783007'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30389942/posts/default/7242549940983783007'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://intlstoneconsultancy.blogspot.com/2007/01/isc-newsletter-december-06.html' title='ISC Newsletter - December 2006'/><author><name>International Stone Consultancy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10948311559595166267</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='19' src='http://www.stone-resource.com/images/iscnoshadow.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30389942.post-116228705353549031</id><published>2006-10-31T10:29:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2006-10-31T10:50:37.993+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Granite'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Marble'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Marble Sinks'/><title type='text'>ISC Newsletter - October 2006</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;Italian Granite Special&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;"&gt;Italy is famous for its hundreds of varieties of marbles. Many people are under the impression that Italy holds only marble and no granite. Actually Italy is home to the quarries of such granites as Bianco Sardo, Serizzo Antigorio, Serizzo Monterosa, Serizzo Dublino, San Fedelino, AlpenWeiss, Grigio Malaga, Rosa Beta, Luna Pearl, Beola Argentata, Beola Verde, Serpentino Vittoria, Valmalenco, and many many more. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Enjoy this issue dedicated to highlighting some of the many Italian Granites available through ISC.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;"&gt;~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Monterosa Granite &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.stone-resource.com/images/monterosa_granite_sm.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="Monterosa" src="http://www.stone-resource.com/images/monterosa_granite_sm.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This granite also goes by the name Serizzo Monte Rosa. It is a granitic ortogneiss and the the largest grained of all the serizzo varieties. It has a mainly white-to-grey background with swirls of black biotite coloration.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It is perfect for all kinds of uses - both interior and exterior; including flooring, cladding, stairs, sills, countertops, tables, curbs, monuments and more.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Technical Data&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Weight per unit of volume: 26.55 kN/m3&lt;br /&gt;Compression breaking load: 158 Mpa&lt;br /&gt;Compression breaking load after freezing: 158 MPa&lt;br /&gt;Absorption coefficient (by weight): 3,88%&lt;br /&gt;Ultimate tensile strength: 11.60 MPa&lt;br /&gt;Impact test, min. fall height: 65cm&lt;br /&gt;Thermal linear expansion coefficient: 13.20&lt;br /&gt;Frictional wear test (relative): 0.90&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:margo@stone-resource.com?subject=monterosa"&gt;For info about Monterosa Granite, contact ISC&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Rosa Baveno Granite&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.stone-resource.com/images/rosa_baveno_granite_sm.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="Rosa Baveno" src="http://www.stone-resource.com/images/rosa_baveno_granite_sm.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Rosa Baveno is a mid to large grained granite which is homogenous in color and pattern. It is mainly red in color due to the high density of K-feldspar in its make-up.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This material is suited for all kinds of applications and uses. It is one of the more colorful and uniform of the Italian granites. ISC is also in touch directly with the quarrier of this stone.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Technical Data&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Weight per unit of volume: 25.1 kN/m3&lt;br /&gt;Compression breaking load: 177 Mpa&lt;br /&gt;Compression breaking load after freezing: 172 MPa&lt;br /&gt;Absorption coefficient (by weight): 3,30%&lt;br /&gt;Ultimate tensile strength: 11 MPa&lt;br /&gt;Impact test, min. fall height: 69cm&lt;br /&gt;Thermal linear expansion coefficient: 7.5&lt;br /&gt;Frictional wear test (relative): 1.11&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:margo@stone-resource.com?subject=Rosa"&gt;Write ISC about Rosa Baveno Granite.&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;Beola Verde&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.stone-resource.com/images/verde_spluga_granite_sm.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="'VerdeSpluga" src="http://www.stone-resource.com/images/verde_spluga_granite_sm.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Beola Verde also goes by the name of Verde Spluga. Its a light green quartzite crossed with whiteish veins. It very good for external cladding and is being used more and more for bathroom and kitchen counter tops. Its chemical make-up makes it suitable for any interior or exterior application.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;ISC is in touch with the quarry directly, so you can get any size, shape, or quantity of this stone at the very lowest prices available.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;Technical Data&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Weight per unit of volume: 2675 Kg/mc&lt;br /&gt;Compression breaking load: 193 Mpa&lt;br /&gt;Compression breaking load after freezing: 183 MPa&lt;br /&gt;Absorption coefficient: 0,37%&lt;br /&gt;Tensile bending strength: 22,3 MPa&lt;br /&gt;Frictional wear test-coefficient of friction with a tribometer: 2,39 mm&lt;br /&gt;Relative coefficient of friction with a tribometer: 0,8&lt;br /&gt;Petrographic definition: quartzite gneiss&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:margo@stone-resource.com?subject=Verde"&gt;Ask about Verde Spluga&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;"&gt;~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Stone Sinks&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.stone-resource.com/images/sinks/Stone Basin_sm.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="Stone Basin" src="http://www.stone-resource.com/images/sinks/Stone Basin_sm.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Don't forget about ISC's line of Stone Basins!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.stone-resource.com/stone_creations.html"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;"&gt;See more stone sinks...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;Visit our site http://www.intlstoneconsultancy.com&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/30389942-116228705353549031?l=intlstoneconsultancy.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://intlstoneconsultancy.blogspot.com/feeds/116228705353549031/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=30389942&amp;postID=116228705353549031' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30389942/posts/default/116228705353549031'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30389942/posts/default/116228705353549031'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://intlstoneconsultancy.blogspot.com/2006/10/isc-newsletter-october-2006.html' title='ISC Newsletter - October 2006'/><author><name>International Stone Consultancy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10948311559595166267</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='19' src='http://www.stone-resource.com/images/iscnoshadow.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30389942.post-115721525877553385</id><published>2006-09-02T12:09:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2006-10-31T10:29:10.070+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Stone Care Products'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Granite'/><title type='text'>ISC Newsletter - August 2006</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#333333;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#333333;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;Featured Stone - Bianco Sardo Granite&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#333333;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.stone-resource.com/images/bianco_sardo_granite.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="CE" src="http://www.stone-resource.com/images/materials_small/bianco_sardo_granite.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Bianco Sardo is an Italian granite that also goes by the name Luna Pearl. It is a coarse-grained, light grey granite of the Carboniferous/Devonian period. It's a very versatile stone due to its neutral color scheme, consistent pattern and frost resistance. It has been used as cladding on many important buildings around the world.&lt;br /&gt;ISC has direct connections to the quarry and therefore offers the best prices, quality and availability. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;color:#ff0000;"&gt;Technical Data&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#ff0000;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;Bending Strength: 12,3 - 14,2 N/mm²&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;Compressive Strength: 159 - 213 N/mm²&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;Water Absorption: 0,580 %&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;Apparent volume mass: 2,58 - 2,62 kg/dm³&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;Tensile load: 5,1 kN &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0)" href="http://www.stone-resource.com/stone_gallery.html" shape="rect" color="#000000"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;"&gt;Visit ISC's Gallery&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a shape="rect" name="article1"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a shape="rect" name="article2"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#333333;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;CE Mark for Stone - Standards in Europe &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.stone-resource.com/images/ce.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="CE" src="http://www.stone-resource.com/images/ce.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The CE logo, which stands for the French words 'Conformité Européenne' may seem familiar. It is typically found on electric devices, toys and appliances. Also, it has recently become compulsory in Italy for exterior-use stone products and roofing slates. In the near future, also cladding and flooring products as well as stone masonry units will be obbliged to carry to the CE mark in order to be exported without restriction in the EU.&lt;br /&gt;To be able to carry the CE mark, stones must undergo the following lab tests:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;"&gt;* Flexing endurance (EN 12372)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;"&gt;* Atmospheric pressure water absorption (EN 13755) &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;"&gt;* Apparent volume mass (EN 1936)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;"&gt;* Open porosity (EN 1936)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;"&gt;* Frost resistance and flexing endurance after 48 cycles (EN 12371)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;"&gt;* Slip resistance (EN 14231)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;"&gt;* Abrasion resistance (EN1341)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;"&gt;* Macroscopic rock description (EN 1341)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;color:#333333;"&gt;* Petrographic analysis (EN 12407)&lt;br /&gt;Investing in the testing required to obtain the CE mark is one of the many ways that Italian stone suppliers are setting themselves apart in terms of guaranteeing the quality &amp; safety of the stone they export.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0)" href="http://www.stone-resource.com/pdf/European_Standards.pdf" shape="rect" color="#000000"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;color:#333333;"&gt;Read a detailed article on European Standards for Stone Construction Products (pdf 491kb)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#333333;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#333333;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:100%;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;.:NEW OFFERING:. Stone Care Products by FILA&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.stone-resource.com/images/laboratorio1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="CE" src="http://www.stone-resource.com/images/laboratorio1.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;color:#333333;"&gt;Now available! A complete selection of stone maintenance products by FILA. In addition, ISC now offers its clients complete recommendations of how to care for 100's of types of natural stone.&lt;br /&gt;FILA scientists are continually testing new stones to determine their optimum cleaning and maintenance regimens. FILA offers stone sealers, cleaners, polishers, crystalizers, waxes and stain-removers both for interior and exterior installations. They are recommended by over 100 flooring manufacturers and are certified ISO 9001:200.&lt;br /&gt;FILA is an Italian company based out of San Martino di Lupari in the province of Padova, with offices worldwide. Their product labels and instructions are available in 11 languages. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,0)" href="http://www.stone-resource.com/about_contact.html" shape="rect" color="#000000"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;color:#333333;"&gt;For more info, contact ISC&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;color:#333333;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;Visit our site http://www.intlstoneconsultancy.com&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/30389942-115721525877553385?l=intlstoneconsultancy.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://intlstoneconsultancy.blogspot.com/feeds/115721525877553385/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=30389942&amp;postID=115721525877553385' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30389942/posts/default/115721525877553385'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30389942/posts/default/115721525877553385'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://intlstoneconsultancy.blogspot.com/2006/09/isc-newsletter-august-2006.html' title='ISC Newsletter - August 2006'/><author><name>International Stone Consultancy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10948311559595166267</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='19' src='http://www.stone-resource.com/images/iscnoshadow.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30389942.post-115265114386605734</id><published>2006-07-11T22:44:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2006-07-22T04:21:11.336+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Marble'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Marble Sinks'/><title type='text'>ISC Newsletter - July 2006</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;"  &gt;ISC Newsletter - July 2006&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;"  &gt;&lt;br /&gt;~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;:NEW COLLECTION: Solid Natural Stone Wash Basins&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.stone-resource.com/images/julynewsletter.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; text-align: right;" alt="" src="http://www.stone-resource.com/images/julynewsletter.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Just published! The new online catalog of solid carved marble and travertine sinks is now available for viewing.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There are 24 different styles to choose from and each style can be made with your choice of 11 different types of natural stone. In addition, these sinks can be made in small or large size.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.stone-resource.com/stone_creations.html"&gt;View Collection...&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;"  &gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;"  &gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;" &gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;'Ondulato' Marble Finish&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;ISC announces it is now offering a special finish called ondulato in Italian which translates as "undulated" or "waved" in English. It is a heat treatment applied to the stone which exaggerates any natural texture in the stone and at the same time closes its natural pores - making it resistant to liquid. It creates a somewhat rustic look, but less so than tumbled or antiqued stone.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div  style="text-align: left;font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.stone-resource.com/images/spazzolato_sm.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; width: 320px; cursor: pointer; text-align: left;" alt="" src="http://www.stone-resource.com/images/spazzolato_sm.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;In the photo above, you can see this finish on 6 different types of marble. From left to right, they are;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:trebuchet ms;" &gt;Rosso Asiago, Biancone, Rosa Perlino, Botticino Fiorito&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:trebuchet ms;" &gt;, Giallo Silva Oro, Giallo d'Istria&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;This finish is available for any size or shaped stone, even on solid carved pieces such as wash basins or stairs. If you have a special request - let us know.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a style="font-family: trebuchet ms;" href="http://www.stone-resource.com/about_contact.html"&gt;Contact ISC for prices of your preferred tile size&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;" &gt;&lt;br /&gt;Featured Marble - Blu Venezia&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" style="font-family: trebuchet ms;" href="http://www.stone-resource.com/images/materials_small/blue_venezia_marble.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" alt="" src="http://www.stone-resource.com/images/materials_small/blue_venezia_marble.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;Blu Venezia is a limestone which is also classifed as marble since it is hard enough to take&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;a polish. It has a beautiful subdued blue coloration, which is typically one of characteristics found in the most expensive stones. Nevertheless, it is very affordable and carries the "CE" mark.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-style: italic;font-family:trebuchet ms;" &gt;&lt;br /&gt;Technical Data&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:trebuchet ms;" &gt;&lt;br /&gt;Flexing Endurance:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt; 13,8 MPa&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:trebuchet ms;" &gt;&lt;br /&gt;Water Absorption:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt; 0,3 %&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:trebuchet ms;" &gt;&lt;br /&gt;Apparent volume mass:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt; 2680 Kg/m3&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:trebuchet ms;" &gt;&lt;br /&gt;Open porosity: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;0,7%&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:trebuchet ms;" &gt;&lt;br /&gt;Resistance to freezing and bending after 48 cycles:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt; 9,3 MPa&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:trebuchet ms;" &gt;&lt;br /&gt;Slip resistance:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt; 49 USRV&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:trebuchet ms;" &gt;&lt;br /&gt;Abrasion resistance: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;20,9 mm&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:trebuchet ms;" &gt;&lt;br /&gt;Macroscopic rock description: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;Light-coloured limestone varying from grey to light blue.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:trebuchet ms;" &gt;&lt;br /&gt;Petrographic analysis:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt; Micritic Calcite 100% Bioclasts (miliolides) 8%&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a style="font-family: trebuchet ms;" href="http://www.stone-resource.com/stone_gallery.html"&gt;See more stone types in ISC's Gallery&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;Visit our site http://www.intlstoneconsultancy.com&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/30389942-115265114386605734?l=intlstoneconsultancy.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://intlstoneconsultancy.blogspot.com/feeds/115265114386605734/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=30389942&amp;postID=115265114386605734' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30389942/posts/default/115265114386605734'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30389942/posts/default/115265114386605734'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://intlstoneconsultancy.blogspot.com/2006/07/isc-newsletter-july-2006.html' title='ISC Newsletter - July 2006'/><author><name>International Stone Consultancy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10948311559595166267</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='19' src='http://www.stone-resource.com/images/iscnoshadow.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30389942.post-115150269202727744</id><published>2006-06-28T15:39:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2006-06-28T16:55:40.763+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Marble'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Marble Sinks'/><title type='text'>ISC Newsletter - June 2006</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~&lt;br /&gt;In this issue...&lt;br /&gt;* Italian Lifestyle in the Emirates&lt;br /&gt;* Solid Travertine Sinks &amp; Bowls&lt;br /&gt;* Featured Marble - Aliga Antigua&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~&lt;br /&gt;Solid Travertine Sinks &amp;amp; Bowls&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A whole range of carved solid travertine and marble &lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.stone-resource.com/images/brvt_sink.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; float: right; display: block; text-align: right; cursor: pointer; width: 200px;" src="http://www.stone-resource.com/images/brvt_sink.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;sinks are available for purchase through ISC. These affordable masterpieces are made in Turkey and both modern and classic styles are available. Keep an eye on &lt;a href="http://www.intlstoneconsultancy.com?travsinksblog"&gt; ISC's site&lt;/a&gt; in the coming months to see an entire page dedicated to these sinks. In the meantime, contact ISC for more details.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.stone-resource.com/about_contact.html"&gt;Contact ISC for more info&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~&lt;br /&gt;Featured Marble - Aliga Antigua &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.stone-resource.com/images/materials_small/aliga_antigua_marble.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 110px;" src="http://www.stone-resource.com/images/materials_small/aliga_antigua_marble.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; This marbleized limestone is called Aliga Antigua, and&lt;br /&gt;has its origins from two billion years ago. It is made up of fossilized seaweed. This stone has two completely different looks depending on which direction it is cut, in this case, it is cross cut creating a pattern of circular spots, 1cm - 6cm in diameter. Cut along the vein, the slabs consist of parallel stripes, up to 50cm long and 1cm to 6cm. Within this stone, designers are happy to find colors ranging rose, to beige, to cherry red, to muted red. It takes a beautiful polish and can be cut with normal diamond blades for marble.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:78%;"&gt;Technical Data&lt;br /&gt;Average Density: 2.63-3.0 Gr/cm3&lt;br /&gt;Resistance in dry conditions: up to 208 mpa&lt;br /&gt;Water Absorption: 0.07-0.95%&lt;br /&gt;Resistance Decrease when Saturated: 0.86-0.93%&lt;br /&gt;Porosity: 1.7%&lt;br /&gt;Resistance to compression (dry): 94mpa&lt;br /&gt;Resistance to compression (wet): 83mpa&lt;br /&gt;Abrasion Resistance: 1.62 Gr/cm3&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.stone-resource.com/stone_gallery.html"&gt;Visit ISC's gallery&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~&lt;br /&gt;Italian Lifestyle in the Emirates&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.stone-resource.com/images/dubai/customer.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 320px;" src="http://www.stone-resource.com/images/dubai/customer.jpg" alt="" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;ISC exhibited with Ro.Ni Marmi of Crespano del Grappa at the annual Italian Lifestyle in the Emirates fair in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates.&lt;br /&gt;The four-day fair was a resounding sucess and Ro.Ni and ISC came home with new contacts from the booming building markets of Dubai and Abu Dhabi. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.stone-resource.com/dubai_fair.html"&gt;Read more...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~&lt;br /&gt;Quick Links...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.stone-resource.com/stone_gallery.html"&gt;Stone Gallery&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://http://www.stone-resource.com/stone_industry.html"&gt;More about the Stone Industry&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://http://www.stone-resource.com/stone_consultancy.html"&gt;About ISC&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.stone-resource.com/isc_site.pps"&gt;View a powerpoint presentation of ISC&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="ui.constantcontact.com/d.jsp?p=oi&amp;m=1101325656314&amp;amp;id=preview.1101325656314"&gt;Join our mailing list&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~&lt;br /&gt;web: &lt;a href="http://www.stone-resource.com"&gt;http://www.stone-resource.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;Visit our site http://www.intlstoneconsultancy.com&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/30389942-115150269202727744?l=intlstoneconsultancy.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://intlstoneconsultancy.blogspot.com/feeds/115150269202727744/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=30389942&amp;postID=115150269202727744' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30389942/posts/default/115150269202727744'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/30389942/posts/default/115150269202727744'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://intlstoneconsultancy.blogspot.com/2006/06/isc-newsletter-june-2006.html' title='ISC Newsletter - June 2006'/><author><name>International Stone Consultancy</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/10948311559595166267</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='19' src='http://www.stone-resource.com/images/iscnoshadow.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
