Azul Valverde
Directly from Alcanede, Santarém, the Azul valverde is characterized for being a non metamorphic limestone with a homogeneous blueish colour. Also known as Azul Monica or Azul Cadoiço, the Azul valverde presents itself as a stone with some hardness and effectiveness for interior flooring or cladding. It may take a high quality treatment to prevent long term damage. It is often used with polished finishing to highlight its surroundings. It is often used with lighter coloured limestones to make an impact in its highlight.
Also known as: Azul Monica
Finishings
Bushammered
Hitting the material, with a masonry tool called a bush hammer, that generates uniformly distributed craters of different sizes over the surface of natural stone.
Sandblasted
Blasting silica sand against the material through an air gun and generates very small craters.
Polished
Abrasive treatments with repeated applications result in a shiny surface, highlights the colour and properties of the natural stone.
Brushed
Abrasive brushes under high pressure generate a touch-sensitive and smooth surface of natural stone.
Sawn
Rough and irregular surface with small furrows and undulations in a mate tone.
Scratched
Scratched finish is applied so that the surface exhibits a texture with straight reliefs and natural colours.
Leather
Brushing the slab with a range of brushes and the result is a slightly undulating surface, very soft, warm and smooth to the touch.
Honed
A honed finish is identical to the polished finish, the surface is smooth but without glare or light reflections.
Splitted
Splitting stone either by hand or by machine so that the surface exhibits a natural texture.
Recomended Use
Internal Flooring
External Flooring
Internal Coverings
External Coverings
Masonry
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