Larvikite

Japanese: larvikite
Larvikite

…Black granite has an extremely small coefficient of thermal expansion, and the demand for it as precision measuring plates in the precision industry and as pedestals for precision machinery is gradually increasing. A rare granite is the sapphire rock from Larvik, Norway, known as larvikite or laurvikite. From a distance, it looks just like black granite, but when you get closer, its crystals reflect the light and shine, and the shining crystals change depending on the viewing angle. …

*Some of the terminology that mentions "larvikite" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…黒御影は熱膨張係数がきわめて小さく,精密工業で測定用に利用される精密定盤や,精密機械の台座としての需要もしだいに伸びてきている。 珍しい御影石に,ラルビカイトlarvikite,laurvikiteと呼ばれるノルウェー,ラールビク産のセン長岩がある。遠くからでは黒御影にしか見えないが,近くに寄るとその結晶が光を反射して輝き,見る角度によって輝きを放つ結晶が変わっていく。…

※「larvikite」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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