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Antique Thick Countertop Stone Slabs
Phone: 212-461-0245 // 212-913-9588
Hundred of years old, disguarded construction blocks of various dimentional sizes are scoured all across Europe. They are also called foundation Slabs and were once the thick building blocks of old villas & farmhouses. Those blocks could be found at the bottom support base of many older reclaimed structures and are considered of non historical value and therfore thrown away are grounded (misguidedly so) into gravel.
We are passionate about milling them down to 2.5" in thickness so they could be used on counters and pool copings.
Yes counters! Those thick & massive chucks of Limestone absorb virtually nothing and can stand up to anything you can throw at them.
Seemingly indestructible, they are ideal for anyone who is a great cook and who doesn’t want to worry about leaving wine rings, lime juice or oil stains on their counters while cooking or entertaining guests.
If you practically live in your kitchen or want to creat an outdoor kitchen haven, you should consider incorporating the 'foundation slabs' as a valuble resource to cover your outdoor kitchen countertops space.
This tough Limestone is composed of quartz, some chert, iron minerals and some hematite. It was formed in warm supersaturated yet turbulent marine intertidal environments off the shores of Malta mainly during the Jurassic period.
The mechanism of formation starts off with a small fragment of sediment acting as a 'seed' Strong intertidal currents wash the 'seeds' around on the seabed, where the granules (Ooli as they are known in Greek) accumulate as layers of chemically precipitated calcite from the supersaturated salt water. This is why it's called an Oolitic Limestone.
You can barely scratch this limestone with a sharp metallic object such as a nail and will see no signs on efflorescence when covered or even submerged with lime juice or vinegar even!
