Longpré Meuse limestone

Other names/varieties

Longpré stone, Meuse stone.

Extraction area

Mehaigne valley, Liège province.

Mineralogical components

Calcite > 99 %.

Maximum dimensions of raw blocks

Length 2.5 m; Width 1.5 m; Thickness 1.5 m

Minimum application thickness

2 cm.

Surface effects

Split, sbattu, striated, bush hammered, sclypé, combed, chiselled, old cut, sawn, grinded, honed, polished.

Common outdoor applications

rubble stone, paving, setts, dressed stone, thin cladding, wall coping, curbs, window frames, staircases, stone-pack.

Common indoor applications

tiles, staircases, living, skirting, worktops and all marble, carving and sculpture applications.