Abstract: A fracturable tile for making tesserae or fillets has on the fixing face a pre-fracture regular grid (14) consisting in two series of parallel and equally spaced pre-fracture lines (2) which extend from an edge to the opposed one of the tile and each of these latter includes first grooves (10). The pre-fracture grid (14) delimits portions (3, 4, 5) of the tile in order to allow its split in tesserae or listels.

Abstract: A method for making tiles from plates (1) includes the steps of: making a set of first parallel grooves (2), having a bottom (8) and carried out in the thickness of each plate (1), on the fixing face (3); making at least a set of second parallel grooves (4), having a bottom (5) and carried out in the thickness of each plate (1), on the fixing face (3) and forming an angle (Z) different from zero with the first set of parallel incisions (2); making a set of first through cuts (6) in correspondence of the bottoms (5) of each second groove (4) in order to obtain series of tiles (10) joined only at one side; each first cut (6) having a width smaller than the width of the corresponding groove (4); making a set of second cuts (7) in correspondence of the bottoms (8) of each first groove (2) obtaining separate tiles (10); each second cut (7) having a width smaller than the width of the corresponding groove (2); tumbling the tiles (10).