Tournai stone® – Tournai black

Other names/varieties

Tournai, Clovis black, Childéric black.

Extraction area

Tournai region, Hainaut province.

Mineralogical components

Calcite 75–80 %, silica 16–20 %, traces of dolomite and pyrite.

Maximum dimensions of raw blocks

Length 2 m; Width 1 m; Thickness 0.8 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.