| It has indistinct cleavage and an uneven fracture and is sectile. |
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| The central part of the room was raised and covered in marble slabs of various colours in opus sectile technique. |
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| Alternative of the opus sectile realized with the tesserae geometrical ones with very hard materials like porphyry. |
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| It is sectile, slightly flexible, with no apparent cleavage but with a splintery fracture. |
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| Flake graphite is opaque, flexible and sectile, and exhibits perfect basal cleavage. |
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| The opus sectile techniqueis rarely applied. |
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| But the most stunning dates from late antiquity: an entire hall, taken from an aristocratic villa in Ostia, adorned with designs created using a technique known as opus sectile in which coloured marble is cut and inlaid. |
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| Besides its two processes, there is another technique called opus sectile, which allows for stronger pavements sumptuous, using small pieces of polychrome marbles arranged to draw simple geometric patterns. |
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| The throne and gallery portion date from the Ottonian, with portions of the original opus sectile floor still visible. |
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| Opus sectile is a related technique in which flat stone, usually coloured marble, is cut precisely into shapes from which geometric or figurative patterns are formed. |
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