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27 Dec 2015, 12:28 pm

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The stone on the walls, what is it?
I have never seen anything like it.

The photo is from an apartment/flat in Hong Kong that sold for $8800/sqft.(all-time record in Asia) back in 2012...approx. $58.81million USD.

I'd appreciate any comments on the stone.



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28 Dec 2015, 3:44 pm

I'm no geologist, just have a casual interest, but that doesn't look like anything naturally found. Looking at that picture I would have thought that wall is some kind of human-created thing, either a painted effect or something created and textured.

The floor might be a natural marble but those walls look like a human hand was part of that design.



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29 Dec 2015, 9:24 pm

It's not much, but here's more info on the apartment if you don't already have it:
http://www.opushongkong.com/en/Show_Apartment_gallery.html
Looks like Yabu Pushelberg likes to mix & blend manmade & natural materials so you can't tell which is which.


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30 Dec 2015, 1:57 am

Edenthiel wrote:
It's not much, but here's more info on the apartment if you don't already have it:
http://www.opushongkong.com/en/Show_Apartment_gallery.html
Looks like Yabu Pushelberg likes to mix & blend manmade & natural materials so you can't tell which is which.


Many thanks! :D



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02 Jan 2016, 8:24 am

I think it's a type of figured sandstone. I've seen some slabs similar to the below used as wall facings.

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02 Jan 2016, 9:10 pm

Fogman wrote:
I think it's a type of figured sandstone. I've seen some slabs similar to the below used as wall facings.

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Thanks, Fogman, for your input. :D



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02 Jan 2016, 9:12 pm

BirdInFlight wrote:
I'm no geologist, just have a casual interest, but that doesn't look like anything naturally found. Looking at that picture I would have thought that wall is some kind of human-created thing, either a painted effect or something created and textured.

The floor might be a natural marble but those walls look like a human hand was part of that design.


Thanks, BIF, for your insight. :D



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02 Jan 2016, 9:17 pm

It looks like a mammillary crystal habit.



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02 Jan 2016, 9:29 pm

Fogman wrote:
I think it's a type of figured sandstone. I've seen some slabs similar to the below used as wall facings.


I'm inclined to agree. Google,

sandstone boxwork

for examples of the sort of round patterning that can take place in sandstone. After seeing the examples below, it wouldn't be hard to imagine that Yabu Pushelberg found some very unique specimens and used them in their showcase. Especially if they found some right at the quartzite-sandstone boundary that contained a mix of the two in the patterning. Note that in the examples below, the "holes" would normally be filled in, but get washed out when the stone is exposed.

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02 Jan 2016, 9:49 pm

Feyokien wrote:
It looks like a mammillary crystal habit.


thanks for the tip!

that will help guide my search :D



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02 Jan 2016, 10:01 pm

Edenthiel wrote:
Fogman wrote:
I think it's a type of figured sandstone. I've seen some slabs similar to the below used as wall facings.


I'm inclined to agree. Google,

sandstone boxwork

for examples of the sort of round patterning that can take place in sandstone. After seeing the examples below, it wouldn't be hard to imagine that Yabu Pushelberg found some very unique specimens and used them in their showcase. Especially if they found some right at the quartzite-sandstone boundary that contained a mix of the two in the patterning. Note that in the examples below, the "holes" would normally be filled in, but get washed out when the stone is exposed.


I suspect that you and Fogman are correct.
Many thanks for the effort. :D