serpentine Fruit

.	..	Unit price
price per kg		€3.15
Art.nr: 645000000 delivery in 1-3 business days
7 - 12 kg piece	maximum price	€37.82
Art.nr: 645000012 delivery in 1-3 business days from 1 unit: €37.82/unit (€3.15/kg)
12 - 18 kg piece	maximum price	€56.72
Art.nr: 645000020 delivery in 1-3 business days from 1 unit: €56.72/unit (€3.15/kg)
18 - 24 kg piece	maximum price	€75.63
Art.nr: 645000024 delivery in 1-3 business days from 1 unit: €75.63/unit (€3.15/kg)
24 - 30 kg piece	maximum price	€94.54
Art.nr: 645000030 delivery in 1-3 business days from 1 unit: €94.54/unit (€3.15/kg)

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Description
Further information

This soft serpentine is layered, of varying hardness and almost without cracks. It can be chiselled quite easily, but the varying hardness can be somewhat challenging.

TECHNICAL DETAILS

Origin: Zimbabwe	Zimbabwe
Mohs hardness	1,5 - 2,0
Appearance	green-brownish
structure	layered, almost no cracks
Density	2.8 kg/dm³

PROCESSING

Softer serpentine can be worked well with forged steel chisels such as point chisels, claw chisels, flat chisels and lettering chisels. Rasps and files can also be used. Harder serpentine or serpentine with quartz inclusions can be worked well with carbide chisels and diamond rasps.

Sculptures made of serpentine are particularly suitable for indoor installation.

FURTHER INFORMATION

At bildhau, we sell serpentine stones from Zimbabwe. Most serpentine stones are quarried there on the edge of the "Great Dyke", a magmatite body around 550 km long and 4 to 11 kilometres wide, which is rich in minerals and ores. The serpentine sourced from bildhau in Zimbabwe is quarried and traded fairly in cooperation with the local population.

The name serpentine for the stone is not entirely correct; the rock is actually serpentinite. Serpentinites have formed from serpentine minerals (e.g. lizardite, antigorite, chrysotile). Some of them also contain other minerals such as olivine, pyrope-rich garnet, bronzite or diopside-rich pyroxene, from which the serpentine minerals originally formed. A red colour is caused by haematite (iron oxide). Serpentinite often also contains magnetite. Serpentinite is a metamorphic rock that has formed on the (former) seabed as a result of high pressure and temperatures, among other things.

Stone is a natural product. We endeavour to reproduce the appearance of our sculptured stones as accurately as possible in the illustrations so that the character of the stone can be recognised. Ultimately, each stone is unique and the appearance may differ from the illustration.

Mohs hardness: 1.5
: 2

Our bildhau stones are natural stones in individual shapes & sizes, the dimensions & weights of which we cannot specify exactly in advance. You can choose your stone from different weight categories, in which the maximum price for a stone of the respective category is indicated. The stone supplied will be individually weighed and charged at the price per kilo stated here. The price charged will be lower than the maximum price of the respective category.

It is important to us that you receive exactly the material you need for your project. If you are looking for a stone with more specific dimensions (e.g. elongated, approx. 30 cm), please let us know in the message field at the end of the order process. We will endeavour to find a suitable stone for you. On request, we will send you a photo in advance for inspection. We charge a service fee of 9.50 euros for this service, which will be shown on the invoice.

Larger stones and cut-to-size pieces are generally also available for many types of stone. Please contact us by e-mail or telephone for a binding quotation.

Here you will find interesting information on calculating the weight of a sculptor's stone.