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Metamorpihc rock (ophicalcite). Colour: dark green colour with several light green elements and a large grid of white calcitic veins. Minerals: serpentine, calcite and magnetite. Decay morphologies: roughening, chromatic alteration. Geology: “Unità Ofiolitiche dello Chenaillet” (Jurassic). Quarry: near Cesana Torinese in the valle di Susa, near the French border (Torino province). Use: mainly polished slabs for flooring (Casa Wassermann).

Other ophicalcites (Verde Champ de Praz, Verde Issorie), with similar texture and composition and quarried in the eastern part of Valle d’Aosta (Chatillon), were also largely employed for flooring in the 20th century architecture.