Natural slate - perhaps the most fashionable and paradoxical finishing material of today. For the first time in history finishing (not precious) stone has become so obvious symbol of prestige and belonging to the higher strata of society. Bohemian audiences around the world covered the shale fever. Most fashion designers scour the boutiques of finishing materials in search of the rarest types of stones, original colors, unusual textures. Between the best houses in Europe are shale event - celestials proudly posing for magazines in the glamorous backdrop of slate walls and floors of their apartments. What happens? Caprice of fashion? Another quirk of millionaires? In fact, to understand this question is not so simple. On the one hand, it's certainly - fashion. True, its mass can only speak with great reserve. Is there a mod on the car «Bentley» or watch «Cartier»? If the answer is yes, then we can say that on the slate is fashion - fashion for very wealthy people! Because the cost of 1 m slate starts from 80 €. On the other hand, the shale - it is very different in appearance and properties of the stone. Rather, we can speak of a group of decorative stones, united under a common name - Slate. For example, hardness. In oil shale, it ranges from 2 to 6 points on the Mohs scale. This corresponds approximately to the hardness of gypsum (2) and orthoclase (6). The coefficient of water absorption is a big spread - from 0,01 to 3%. Combines are all kinds of slate one - solid laminated (slate), the structure of this material, which creates a unique, expressive texture of the surface, to conquer the world. Therefore, despite the craze of slate, this stone can not create the same type of interiors. Finishing slate is a bit like collecting stamps, and allows you to compete - who has more rare and beautiful specimen. In this case, fashion does not prevent the aspiration for individuality and self-expression, but even encourages them. Finally, the slate - really good stuff. He served long and faithfully. And yet. This is a very "warm" stone. Unlike granite and marble, it does not create a sensation of cold - they can even decorate the bedroom! Of marble and granite, slate differs about as different crumpled jacket from Pierre Cardin suit ironed factory Bolshevichka. Let the reader will forgive me a few enthusiastic tone but studying the causes of fashion for Slate, I've unwittingly imbued with the charm of this stone. As an architectural designer, I saw in him great potential for creative interior and exterior solutions. At least I now understand the European fascination with bohemian slate. Here have something to go crazy man with taste. Perhaps I, too, are now infected with "oil shale fever".
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