Über Purple Wood
Purple Wood is a Chinese sandstone quarried in Sangyuan Town, Ju County (Rizhao City, Shandong Province), China. The stone has a distinctive purple to lilac colour with wood-grain-like banding texture, giving rise to multiple commercial names referencing 'wood' and 'wenge'. In the Chinese market it is known as 'Zi Mu Wen Shayan' (purple wood-grain sandstone). Used for building facades, stairs, countertops, pool copings, wall cladding, and decorative elements. Three StoneContact entries (s11105, s14769, s18790) all confirm the same Shandong origin and aliasset. No DNSA entry; no technical data (density, compressive/flexural strength, water absorption) found in any searched source.