Product Name | : | Rosso Levanto |
Colour | : | Red |
Hardness | : | 4 (Mohs) |
Density | : | 2.730 kg/m³ |
Compressive Strength | : | 1019 Kgf/cm² |
Water Absorption | : | %0.5 (By Weight) |
Porosity | : | %1.1 |
Weather Impact | : | Resistant |
Application Areas | : |
Indoor Flooring, Wall Cladding Applications, Stairs and Ornamental Applications. |
Elazig Cherry or as known all over the world as Rosso Levanto marble which is the most beautiful representative of red marbles. Rosso Levanto hardness ratio is 4 mohs which is harder than average hardness ratio of marbles as 3 mohs. Because high hardness ratio; Rosso Levanto can applied in sunless exterior areas. Its mostly applied and prefered by architects and marble application companies as decorative application purposes. Rosso Levanto is known as Italian marble around the world because of inadequate promotion of the marble.
Elazig Cherry or Rosso Levanto is among the most rare marble varieties among the marbles found all over the world with its marble burgundy color. It is prefered and applied most of the projects in the world. Green selection from the same quarry is also quarried and buyers are from usually Arab countries and the United States. It is used mostly in the production of kitchen and bathroom countertops, sinks, decorative ornaments, split faces and mosaics, which are the products of narrow space applications. Due to its homogeneous structure, our marble variety is also preferred in large room applications, especially in column coverings. Although it can be produced with different surface treatments, the customers prefer the polished surface treatment due to the appearance of stone. Other known names of Elazig Cherry marble, which is also known with different names due to being one of the famous marble varieties in the international market, are known as Rosso Levanto, Cherry Red, Elazig Burgundy marble, Cherry Levanto marble and 紫罗红(Zǐ luó hóng) in Chinese market.
Elazig Cherry or Rosso Levanto marble is one of the marble varieties known for many years and it is one of the most important export items of the Turkish natural stone industry with newly opened quarries and technologically renovated factories. Generally it is produced and exported as slabs, our company is also producing in project based cut-to-sizes according to customer demand. Because Rosso Levanto is one of the rarely found marbles in the world; the price is more expensive than our other marble varieties and the majority is sold abroad. Black patterns in the surface decrease the value of the marble. Slabs without black patterns are considered as first class and offered for sale; while slabs with black patterns are priced as second class. The best price / performance ratio for all selections is for 2x60x60 sizes, but it can be done on a project based basis according to the customer's request.