FOSSIL YELLOW
Beauty of nature petrified in time.
Warm desert earth and Mediterranean sunlight.
Fossil Yellow marble is primarily quarried in Morocco, although natural stone quarries can also be found in other regions of North Africa. Its formation is sedimentary, resulting from the compaction of limestone sediments and marine fossil remains accumulated over millions of years.
This marble, with its golden-yellow tones and irregular brown or reddish veins, conveys a warm and elegant appearance. It features a fossilized texture with visible remains, which gives it its name and distinctive character. Its color base ranges from light yellow to deeper shades, enriched with earthy undertones.
Tiles
Our Fossil Yellow tiles are available in a variety of standard sizes and thicknesses, ideal for flooring and wall cladding. The tiles are highly versatile and can be used for residential, commercial, and large-scale projects. In Coavantia Stone we reinforce the tiles with a mesh backing to ensure durability, easier handling, and safe installation.
For shipping, tiles are packed in pallets or cardboard boxes placed inside export crates to guarantee they arrive in perfect condition.
All pieces can be produced according to the dimensions requested, ensuring a perfect fit for any project.
Slabs
Slabs are the result of introducing Crema Marfil blocks in the factory. We can obtein slabs with the same height and length, with any desired thickness. After, any desired finish can be applied. Standard slabs are generally around 4 m².
Blocks
This natural stone is extracted from the quarry in blocks. There’s not a standard size, they usually measure between 2’4 and 3 meters wide, 1’4 to 2 meters long and 1’5 meters deep, and they are always referred to in cubic meters, therefore, and based on the dimensions mentioned, their volume can vary between 4.5 and 7 cubic meters. Larger sizes are not extracted because they would be too heavy for proper transport in a container.
Special pieces
In Coavantia Stone we manufacture different types of special pieces adapted to the needs of each project, which include:
- Staircases: tread, riser, stringer, and any type of custom steps in different sizes in linear metres
- Thresholds and and other architectural details.
- Skirting boards.
- Bathroom and kitchen countertops
- Drip edges
- Copings.
Technical Characteristics
- Apparent density: 2’4 gr/cm³
- Water absorption coefficient: 0’5 %
- Open porosity: 4’4 %
- Flexural strength:
- Mean value: 9’1 MPa
- Standard devitation: 1’7 MPa
- Expected lower value: 5’4 MPa
- Frost resistance: 18 %
- Anchorage resistance: 1350 N
- Wear/abrasion resistance: 26 mm
- Slip resistance:
- Polished finish: 71 USRV
- Honed finish: 72 USRV
- Thermal shock aging resistance: – 6’9
- Compressive strength: 87 MPa
- Reaction to fire: Class A1 (non-combustible).