The marble 'Bleu de Savoie' (Blue Savoy) : an exclusive marble of the marble factory Yelmini

'Bleu de Savoie' (Blue Savoy) : An exclusive marble of Yelmini

Nature : Marble

Quarrying location : Aime (Savoie)

Geological level : Sinemurian, Mesozoic, Jurassic

Age : 200 000 000 years

Other names : Blue Savoy, ‘Blanc bleuté de Savoie’, ‘Gris bleuté de Savoie’, ‘Gris bleu de France’

Appearance : homogenous, crystalline dense with fine grain

Colour : blue-shaded grey lightly veined

Characteristics (in France) :

Density :
2720 kg/m3

Porosity :
0,2%

Sound propagation speed :
from 5615 m/s up to 5960 m/s

Abrasion resistance :
28 mm

Flexure strength resistance :
20,6 MPa

Compressive Strength resistance :
186 MPa

Gelivity :
Frost proof (240 cycles)

Finishes : All

Uses : Building (inside/outside) as paving (including public intensive use, according to french norms) and cladding (including hard frost areas, according to french norms), kitchens, bathrooms, stairs, shops, swimming-pools, street furniture, decoration, …

Nature :	Marble
Quarrying location :	Aime (Savoie)
Geological level :	Sinemurian, Mesozoic, Jurassic
Age :	200 000 000 years
Other names :	Blue Savoy, ‘Blanc bleuté de Savoie’, ‘Gris bleuté de Savoie’, ‘Gris bleu de France’
Appearance :	homogenous, crystalline dense with fine grain
Colour :	blue-shaded grey lightly veined
Characteristics (in France) :
Density :	2720 kg/m3
Porosity :	0,2%
Sound propagation speed :	from 5615 m/s up to 5960 m/s
Abrasion resistance :	28 mm
Flexure strength resistance :	20,6 MPa
Compressive Strength resistance :	186 MPa
Gelivity :	Frost proof (240 cycles)
Finishes :	All
Uses :	Building (inside/outside) as paving (including public intensive use, according to french norms) and cladding (including hard frost areas, according to french norms), kitchens, bathrooms, stairs, shops, swimming-pools, street furniture, decoration, …