Grigio Beola
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Petrography
In the Domodossola area several varieties of fine-grain to fine-scales, well separable plate gneiss is found, which are known under the collective term "Beola". The most common type is Grigio Beola. This is a light grey rock oriented in parallel layers. The average grain size is 1 to 2 mm, the mineral content is made up of light grey feldspar, grey to milky-grey quartz, layers of fine, black biotite scales and small, silvery muscovite leaves. Muscovite (light mica) appears sparkling and nest-like in the polished surface. This gives the material its decorative shine, but leads to matt locations and craters due to the low hardness in the polish. The significant pearl string-like marking of this stone type is generated by cutting the raw blocks.
Petrogenesis
Clay and sand containing sediments were the base material for the generation of para-gneiss. Initially, strongly slate-type mica rocks were generated due to high pressures and temperatures, as biotite and muscovite can especially easy be forced to crystallise. With further rising temperatures and higher pressure in the zone of the residual silicate, feldspars are generated and residual silicon leads to generating quartz crystals. Overall, a granite chemism exists (feldspar, quartz and mica); however, with differing mass ratios of the individual minerals.
| Price group | 2 |
|---|---|
| Colour | grey |
| Hardness | Hard Stone |
| Structure Type | Homogeneous Structure |
| Outdoor | suitable |
| Synonyms | Beola Grigia Crevoladossola |
| Group | Metamorphic Rock Type |
| Petrographic Assignment | Gneiss |
| Age | 280 million years (Palaeozoic period) |
| Deposit | Italien |
| Novelty | No |
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