Kapustino
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Kapustino (Russian Капустино , Ukrainian Капустине / Kapustyne ) is a red granite that is quarried in central Ukraine in the Kirowohrad Oblast north of the city of Novoukrajinka near the village of Slynka (Злинка), formerly Kapustino. Kapustino was formed 300 million years ago in the Upper Carboniferous .
Surname
The Kapustino , traded under the name in Germany , was also called Korall and Rosso Santiago . The international names Kapustinsky and in the English-speaking area Santiago Red are also used.
geology
During the Carboniferous Formation, the Variscan Mountains were formed , which had tectonic effects as far as Eastern Europe. In the process of mountain formation , plutons penetrated the earth's crust and cooled down. An indication that the Kapustino's pluton cooled down over long periods of time is that large mineral grains were able to form. The overlying rock layers eroded over time and exposed the deposit, which is mined in the open pit.
Rock description
Kapustino consists of crimson and up to 5 cm large potash feldspars , which are criss-crossed by directionless hairline cracks. Between the feldspars there is gray-transparent quartz , slightly pale plagioclase and biotite . Biotite can also be embedded in large feldspar and quartz crystals.
use
This granite is exported all over the world and, in Germany in particular, is often used for facades and tombs, but also for floor and stair coverings, kitchen worktops and washstands .
In Germany, it was used for the facades of the Commerzbank in Nuremberg, the Bayerische Beamtenversicherung in Hof / Bavaria and the Selmi high-rise in Frankfurt am Main.
Became known Kapustino as Ukrainian granite in Germany by the political debates surrounding the 19-meter-high Lenin monument on the United Nations Square in Berlin by Nikolai Tomsky , which was demolished 1,991th
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ Karlfried Fuchs: Natural stones from all over the world, discover, determine, use . Callwey, sheet 65. Munich 1997, ISBN 3-7667-1267-5 .