Product Name | : | Chocolate Travertine |
Colour | : | Dark Brown |
Hardness | : | 3,5 (Mohs) |
Density | : | 2.474-2.580 kg/m³ |
Compressive Strength | : | 90.6 MPa |
Water Absorption | : | %0.04 |
Porosity | : | N.A. |
Weather Impact | : | Resistant |
Application Areas | : | Indoor & Outdoor Flooring, Wall Cladding Applications, Stairs and Ornamental Applications. |
The Chocolate Travertine is a kind of travertine selected from the darker parts of the Noche Travertine instead of being obtained from a single travertine quarry. Chocolate Travertine, as can be understood from its name, is a very original travertine type decorated with dark brown tones. Chocolate Travertine, which is generally produced by cross cutting method known as American cutting style attracts customers from all over the world. While the Unite States and European markets prefer pattern sets with aged or tumbled surface treatment whereas the domestic market and other world customers prefer cut-to-size materials with polished or honed surface treatment. The Chocolate Travertine, which is a type of travertine that is not widely known due to its commonness, is usually sold without filling. Because Chocolate Travertine has decorative character it can be produced for the production of split faces, mosaics, garden ornaments, washbasins, fireplaces, jambs, railings, columns and fountains. It can be used in combination with light color travertines because it has a dark brown color.
Chocolate Travertine, which is a travertine type obtained from Iran and Turkey, is produced by importing blocks from Iran from time to time because the production line in Turkey has higher technology. Because the operating costs of the quarries are low compared to other countries and the natural stone reserves are high; prices of Chocolate Travertine products are the same as those of competing countries. Turkish Chocolate Travertine production quality is high, product prices are lower than other countries thus price / quality ratio is higher than competitors. Turkish natural stone industry has capacity to produce Chocolate Travertine products from every thickness and dimensions required by the customers all over the world and the desired surface treatments such as raw, honing, polishing, aging, brushing or tumbling can be applied. The Chocolate Travertine is generally known as the Turkish Chocolate Travertine or Iran Chocolate Travertine where the travertine type obtained from quarries.