serpentine Spring Stone

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price per kg		€3.15
Art.nr: 642000000 delivery in 1-3 business days
12 - 20 kg piece	maximum price	€63.03
Art.nr: 642000020 delivery in 1-3 business days from 1 unit: €63.03/unit (€3.15/kg)

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Description
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This dark serpentine is somewhat harder, homogeneous and almost without cracks. It often has a soft brown shell. The Spring Stone is easy to chisel.

TECHNICAL DETAILS

Origin: Zimbabwe	Zimbabwe
Hardness grade Mohs	3 - 3,5
Appearance	dark grey
structure	Homogeneous, almost no cracks
Density	2.9 - 3.0 kg/dm³

PROCESSING

Serpentine can be worked very 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 installation in interior spaces.

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 mined and traded fairly in cooperation with the local population.

Artists in Zimbabwe are said to have given this serpentine Spring Stone the name Spring Stone: Compared to other serpentine stones, spring stone is so firm and dense that the chisel bounces back when you try to strike it.

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). In some cases, they also contain other minerals such as olivine, pyrope-rich garnet, bronzite or diopside-rich pyroxene, from which the serpentine minerals originally formed. Red colouring is caused by hematite (iron oxide). Serpentinite often also contains magnetite. Serpentinite is a metamorphic rock that has formed on the (former) seabed due to high pressure and temperatures, among other things.

LARGE SERPENTINE

In addition to the selectable sizes, we still have some heavier specimens between 30 and 50 kg. If you are interested, please contact us by phone!

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

Mohs hardness: 3
: 3.5

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 invoiced will be lower than the maximum price for 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.