MACROSCOPIC DESCRIPTION
- Creamish limestone, finely calciclastic.
MICROSCOPIC FEATURES
- Essential Minerals of the Crystalline Phase: Calcite. ~99%, Quartz. ~1%.
- Acessory Minerals: Pelmicrosparite (Calciclastic limestone)
PHYSICO-MECHANICAL PROPERTIES
- Compression breaking load 1327 Kg/cm2
- Compression breaking load after freezing test 1294 Kg/cm2
- Bending strength 129 Kg/cm2
- Volumetric weight 2657 Kg/m3
- Water absorption at N.P. conditions 0.62 %
- Apparent porosity 1.65 %
- Thermal linear expansion coefficient 3.60 10-6 per ºC
- Abrasion test 3.4 mm
- Impact test: minimum fall height 30 cm
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