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Technistone Crystal Vulcano
Crystal Vulcano belongs to Technistone's Standard Collection of quartz worktops. Is ideal for use in kitchens, bathrooms or any busy areas that require an exquisite yet practical finish at affordable prices. Read More
Technistone Crystal Vulcano blends the look of black granite with the non-porous property of quartz into a highly polished surface that exudes timeless appeal and high gloss. Its deep, rich hues create a mesmerizing aesthetic, perfect for adding a touch of luxury to any design scheme. This material is exceptionally durable and resistant to scratches, stains and heat damage.
With its low maintenance requirements and long-lasting beauty, Crystal Vulcano from Technistone’s Standard Collection of quartz worktops is ideal for use in kitchens, bathrooms or busy areas requiring an exquisite yet practical finish. It’s also environmentally friendly – made from 90-94% natural materials, making it a sustainable work surface.
Technistone Crystal Vulcano: Your Ultimate High-Performance Kitchen Worktops
Envisage a worktop elevated by stylish design and unparalleled durability. The Crystal Vulcano composite kitchen worktop magnificently blends functionality with aesthetic elegance.
This innovative material is a game changer in kitchen design, standing as a testament to Technistone’s commitment to enhancing lifestyle and comfort in your cooking space. Unveiling a sleek, modern aesthetic into your space, Crystal Vulcano perfectly balances urban chic and durability.
This material introduces a bold dark-grey hue punctuated by micro grains for an ultra-chic industrial appeal. Coupled with a slightly coarse texture, the aesthetic charm of this worktop champions the notion of an artfully rough-hewn yet polished elegance.
But what makes this choice of worktop stand out far beyond its aesthetic elements?
Performance Features of Technistone Crystal Vulcano
Its intrinsic strength and resilience are two of the actual values in which Crystal Vulcano shines. Offering you a high-performance worktop, it sports exemplary performance features.
Constructed from 93% natural materials through a sophisticated compression and heating process, Crystal Vulcano exhibits outstanding structural strength and sturdiness. In comparison to the porosity of natural granite, this composite worktop material offers a higher level of resistance to moisture and stain permeation, thus proving to be highly practical for frequent, demanding kitchen use.
Another noteworthy advantage of this worktop material is its heat resistance. As cooking habitats are often subjected to high-heat conditions, your worktop must withstand the occasional encounter with hot pots and pans. Thankfully, Technistone Crystal Vulcano worktops can handle these inferno-like temperatures gallantly.
Fusing functionality, longevity, and unmatched aesthetic appeal
Why Technistone Crystal Vulcano Over Natural Granite?
Compared to a natural granite worktop, the Technistone Crystal Vulcano worktop presents various advantages. It all starts with consistent colouring and pattern, often subject to natural variation in granite. Owning to its man-made nature, this engineered stone ensures consistency across the board, providing uniformity in your kitchen aesthetics.
Despite tough granite, Crystal Vulcano is more resilient, displaying exemplary resistance to scratching, staining, and heat. It offers a higher degree of assurance for those looking for longevity, ease of maintenance, and flawless beauty.
Make no mistake – Crystal Vulcano serves more than its functional features. Its sophisticated aesthetic charm and uncompromising performance make it an excellent alternative to natural granite.
Benefits of using Technistone Crystal Vulcano for kitchen worktops
Transforming the space that makes your culinary dreams come true requires insight and a sprinkle of imagination. Above anything else, it mandates a worktop, like the Technistone Crystal Vulcano, with a symphony of style, strength and sophistication. So, what makes this material a prime selection for your kitchen worktops?
- Exceptional Durability: With the increasing demands inherent in modern-day kitchens, the recipe for a perfect worktop begins with high endurance. Technistone Crystal Vulcano mirrors such robustness, like the volcanoes it’s named after. Engineered under high pressure and temperatures, it gains unmatched hardness. This material laughs in the face of scratches or impacts, encouraging you to unleash your culinary potential without restraints or reservations.
- Heat Resistance: You don’t have to tread on eggshells when handling hot pots and pans. Enjoy peace of mind with Technistone Crystal Vulcano’s high-temperature tolerance. The superior heat resistance makes potential burn marks a thing of myths and legends. Yet, remember that extreme, sustained heat can harm any surface –a trivet is still recommended to prolong your worktop’s life.
- Say Goodbye to Sealants: Technistone is an engineered stone worktop that boasts a range of incredible qualities, one of them being that it does not require any sealants. On the other hand, natural granite necessitates annual re-sealing to maintain its appearance and resist stains effectively. Allowing you to eliminate this chore from your calendar, Crystal Vulcano is effectively a maintenance-free product.
The Rich Aesthetic Appeal of Crystal Vulcano
As much as a worktop should be laden with practical benefits, it should also appeal to the eyes and seamlessly blend with your kitchen’s design. Crystal Vulcano meets this dual requirement perfectly.
Graced with a unique combination of deep black and warm brown, this worktop brings a sense of sophistication and warmth to your kitchen. Its pattern is minimal yet impactful, adding a touch of uniqueness to your kitchen ambience.
Whether you have a modern or more traditional kitchen theme, Crystal Vulcano is ready to complement it, all while contributing positively to your kitchen’s functionality.
Colour Consistency: A Big Advantage
In the world of stone worktops, colour consistency cannot be overlooked. Natural granite, a product of Mother Nature, can differ in colour and pattern, sometimes significantly, from one slab to another.
However, a Technistone Crystal Vulcano worktop, manufactured under controlled conditions, ensures predictable and consistent colours. This quality particularly comes in handy when you’re looking to create a uniform design throughout your kitchen. This can save you the trouble of working around the fluctuations in the colour and pattern of natural granite.
The aesthetic appeal and functionality of the Crystal Vulcano offer you a valuable addition to your kitchen and an upgrade to its visual appeal, making it a perfect choice for your dream kitchen.
Let’s Get Technical
Technistone Crystal Vulcano Quartz Specifications
Material: Quartz
Colour tones: Black, Dark Grey, Charcoal
Price Group: 2
Finishes: Polished
Thicknesses: 2 cm, 3 cm
Slab size: 318 x 155 cm
Style: granite effect, micro-grains, speckles
Features: EDP Certificate, NFS Certificate, Origin Certificate
Heat resistance: 150 °C
Hardness: 7 (out of 10 on Moh’s scale)
Applications: kitchen worktops, bathroom vanity tops. Fireplace, walls, floor, and other applications.
Usage: Indoor
- Waterproof
- Diverse Product Uses
- Longevity and toughness
- Highly Resistant to Bacteria
- Appropriate for food contact
- Exceptionally Scratch Resistant
- Simple upkeep and maintenance
- Organic Raw Minerals and Quartz
- Colour Consistency and Homogeneity
- Highly stain-resistant and naturally acid-resistant
- Wide Variety of Hues and Textures, Exclusive Patterns
| SLAB SIZES, THICKNESS & WEIGHT | ||
|---|---|---|
| SLAB THICKNESS | WEIGHT (per m2) | SLAB'S WEIGHT |
| 12 mm | 30 kg | 128 kg |
| 20 mm | 50 kg | 213 kg |
| 30 mm | 75 kg | 320 kg |
| Jumbo 155 size: 20 mm | 55 kg | 270 kg |
| Jumbo 155 size: 30 mm | 80 kg | 395 kg |
| Jumbo 160 size: 20 mm | 57 kg | 292 kg |
| Jumbo 160 size: 30 mm | 82 kg | 420 kg |
| TILE SIZES | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| FORMAT | 30 × 30 cm | 30 × 30 cm | 60 × 60 cm |
| THICKNESS | 1,2 cm | 1 cm | 1, 2 cm |
| SLAB DIMENSIONS | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| STANDARD | JUMBO 155 | JUMBO 160 | |
| Basic dimensions | 306,5 × 145 cm / 120,67 × 57,09 in | 320 × 156 cm / 125,98 × 61,41 in | 321 × 161 cm / 126,38 × 63,39 in |
| Usable area | 305 × 144 cm / 120,08 × 56,69 in | 318,5 × 155 cm / 125,39 × 61,02 in | 320 × 160 cm / 125,98 × 62,99 in |
| Net surface | 4,39 m2 / 47,28 sqft | 4,94 m2 / 53,17 sqft | 5,12 m2 / 55,11 sqft |
TECHNISTONE TECHNICAL DATASHEETS
| Production Group | Trade names | Nature, Inorganic components | % by weight | Binder | % by weight | Binder | % by weight |
| Sand | Elegance Gobi | Silica sand, glass | 89,0 - 91,0 | Resin | 8,5 - 10,5 | Colour pigments | <0,1 - 0,5 |
| Granite | Taurus Sonora Karpat Classic | Granite, silica sand, quartz | 90,3 - 92,0 | Resin | 7,5 - 9,2 | Colour pigments | <0,1 - 0,5 |
| Mirror | Starlight Fresh Venetian Brilliant | Crushed mirrors glass, silica sand, quartz | 88,2 - 92,0 | Resin | 7,8 - 10,8 | Colour pigments | <0,1 - 1,0 |
| Crystal | Crystal Classic Harmonia Noble | Quartz, silica sand, crushed mirrors, glass, granite | 84,5 - 90,5 | Resin | 7,8 - 13,8 | Colour pigments | <0,1 - 1,7 |
| Marble | Atlas | Marble, silica sand, | 89,5 - 92,0 | Resin | 7,5 - 10,0 | Colour pigments | <0,1 - 0,5 |
| Production | Density | Water absorption after
| Flexural strength | |||
| Unit | (g/cm^{3} ) | 48 hours (%) | (MPa) | |||
| range of values | average value | range of values | average value | range of values | average value | |
| Sand | 2,35 - 2,44 | 2,40 | 0,01 - 0,05 | 0,02 | 42 - 74 | 59 |
| Granite | 2,40 - 2,58 | 2,44 | 0,01 - 0,07 | 0,03 | 32 - 55 | 44 |
| Mirrors | 2,32 - 2,42 | 2,39 | 0,01 - 0,05 | 0,03 | 32 - 68 | 47 |
| Crystal | 2,21 - 2,47 | 2,41 | 0,01 - 0,05 | 0,02 | 40 - 95 | 63 |
| Crystal coarse grained | 2,43 - 2,47 | 2,45 | 0,02 - 0,04 | 0,03 | 29 - 47 | 38 |
| Marble | 2,48 - 2,50 | 2,50 | 0,03 - 0,04 | 0,03 | 50 - 51 | 50 |
| Applied standard | EN 14617-1 | EN 14617-1 | EN 14617-2 | |||
| Stated | Technistone Laboratory |
| Production | Thermal expansion | Thermal expansion | Frost resistance | Abrasion | |
| group | coefficient α | coefficient α | coefficient | (average) | |
| (30 to 60 °C) | (20 to 130 °C) | (average) | |||
| (10^{-6} /°C) | (10^{-6} /°C) | - | (mm^{3} ) | ||
| Sand | 21,8 | 30,0 | 90 - 110 | 6840 | |
| Granite | 13,4 | 17,3 | 90 - 110 | 8125 | |
| Mirrors | 17,5 | 22,7 | 90 - 110 | 7900 | |
| Crystal | 17,5 - 34,6 | 22,7 - 40 | 90 - 110 | 6700 | |
| Marble | 19,9 | 28,3 | 90 - 110 | 13901 | |
| Applied standard | EN 14617-11 | EN 14617-11 | EN 14617-5 | EN 4157 (B) | |
| Stated | TZÚS Plzeň | Stone and gravel test plant Hořice |
Technistone provides the legal owner of the surfaces with a 10-year residential warranty against product defects or faults.
See below the full Technistone warranty terms & conditions.
Similar alternatives to Technistone Crystal Vulcano from comparative quartz surfaces are:
- Compac Quartz Nocturno
- Silestone Negro Tebas
- Quartzforms Cloudy Black
The Technistone Crystal Collection is a range of high-quality quartz surfaces with high gloss suitable for interior applications. It offers ten designs, including Crystal Absolute White, Crystal Polar White, Crystal Diamond, Crystal Nevada, Crystal Royal, Crystal Anthracite Pure, Crystal Calacatta Silva, Crystal Belgium, Crystal Steel, and the latest Crystal Vulcano quartz design.
Technistone Crystal Vulcano is a non-porous composite stone, and black granite is a low-porosity natural stone. Crystal Vulcano never requires sealants to prevent stating, while black granite worktops require sealing every 1-2 years.
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SHIPPING \ TURNAROUND
We process all orders within one business day. However, specific stones may have longer lead times due to high demand or special-order items from other countries.
DELIVERY & INSTALLATION COSTS
We compute delivery and installation costs at the time of purchase. Our team of professional stone fitters install all stone surfaces.
Installation and delivery charges vary depending on weight, site access, and delivery location from our workshop in West London, United Kingdom.
INSTALLATION & DELIVERY ADDRESSES
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