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202: 214: 168: 117: 133: 74: 187: 152: 83: 92: 101: 22:(also known by a variety of names including: Nero Belga, Granit de Flandre, Pierre Bleue, Blue Stone, Belgian Granite, Belgian Blue Limestone, Arduin) is, despite its name, a grey-bluish 201: 116: 213: 276:"Arrêté du Gouvernement wallon concernant l'attribution de l'appellation d'origine locale pierre bleue dite « petit granit d'âge géologique tournaisien" 275: 167: 143: 38:(Local Appellation of Origin) designation. The stone becomes shiny black on polishing and is considered to be an easily worked and versatile 186: 55: 132: 193: 220: 151: 59: 301: 359: 323: 245: 8: 354: 244:
Pereira, Dolores; Tourneur, Francis; Bernaldez, Lorenzo; Blazquez, Garcia (June 2015).
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and other Belgian cities. Petit Granit has been designated by the
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Architecture: St. Joseph Church, Frère-Orban Square, Brussels
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Blue grayish granite found in Belgium, France and Germany
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19th century tombs in Bluestone and Carrara marble in
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limestone
Granite
Belgium
Appellation d’Origine Locale
dimension stone
sculpture
architecture
Brussels
International Union of Geological Sciences
Global Heritage Stone Resource




19th century tombs in Bluestone and Carrara marble in Lokeren, Oude-Brug.
Lokeren
Sculpture: Sun bath by Michel Smolders
Michel Smolders
Sculpture: Crest of Liège dated 1592
Liège
Sculpture: The Grieving Parents by Käthe Kollwitz
Käthe Kollwitz
Headstones: Cannock Chase German Military Cemetery
Cannock Chase German Military Cemetery
Architecture: St. Joseph Church, Frère-Orban Square, Brussels
Architecture: St. Michael's Church, Aachen
St. Michael's Church, Aachen


"Petit Granit: A Belgian Limestone Used in Heritage, Construction and Sculpture"

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