A Stone Table
Outdoor Steps
Shower Room Wall
Interior Walls
Floors
Fireplace

IKIKIVI/Jomuro Oy

Nilsiä Slate

A quartzite schist from Nilsiä.

Nilsiä Slate has grey, green, brown and reddish shades; the colours of autumn. Recommended use: Well suited for all building with special requirements for combined beauty and durability. Foundations, facades, paving, embankments, indoor and outdoor cladding, swimming pools, fountain basins, fireplaces, grills, ovens, underground cellars, steps, landings, garden furniture, decorative stones, grave stones, etc. 1.2 square metres of schist should be available per one finished square metre to guarantee a satisfactory colour and shape design when using natural stones for building.

 

Variation in colour: Considerable
Weather Resistance: Good
Abrasion Resistance: Good

Quarry site: Nilsiä
Quarrying was begun around 1930.
Amount of Quarries: 2

Mechanical Properties

Density
2610 kg/m3
Water absorption
0,17%
Compressive strength
201 MPa
Flexural strength
25 MPa
Hardness
6,5 Mohs

Mineral composition
Quartz 
74,9%
Muscovite
24,1%
Other
1%