MACROSCOPIC DESCRIPTION

  • Coarse grained pophyroid biotitic granite, yellowish coloured, characterized by an abundance of large ferdspar megacrystals usually showing poorly defined sharpes.

MICROSCOPIC FEATURES

  • Essential Minerals of the Crystalline Phase:
  • Acessory Minerals:

Amarelo Caverneira

Amarelo Caverneira

PHYSICO-MECHANICAL PROPERTIES

  • Compression breaking load 1442 Kg/cm2
  • Compression breaking load after freezing test 1387 Kg/cm2
  • Bending strength 148 Kg/cm2
  • Volumetric weight 2668 Kg/m3
  • Water absorption at N.P. conditions 0.31 %
  • Apparent porosity 0.84 %
  • Thermal linear expansion coefficient 7.1 10-6 per ºC
  • Abrasion test 0.2 mm
  • Impact test: minimum fall height 75 cm
  • > Rückkehr

QUARRIES

  • Guimarães

PREVALLING APPLICATIONS

  • Interior and Exterior.