MACROSCOPIC DESCRIPTION
- Microcrystalline limestone, often organodetritical, tectonized and fairly recrystallized
MICROSCOPIC FEATURES
- Essential Minerals of the Crystalline Phase: Calcite. ~100%.
- Acessory Minerals:Pelbiomecrite parcialmente tectonizada (calcário calciclástico).
PHYSICO-MECHANICAL PROPERTIES
- Compression breaking load 1150 Kg/cm2
- Compression breaking load after freezing test 962 Kg/cm2
- Bending strength 183 Kg/cm2
- Volumetric weight 2696 Kg/m3
- Water absorption at N.P. conditions 0.18 %
- Apparent porosity 0.48 %
- Thermal linear expansion coefficient 4.3 10-6 per ºC
- Abrasion test 1.9 mm
- Impact test: minimum fall height 45 cm
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PREVALLING APPLICATIONS
- Exterior and interior facing.
