MACROSCOPIC DESCRIPTION
- Greyish limestone with golden and reddish spots, bioclastic, sometimes claciclastic, with nodules.
MICROSCOPIC FEATURES
- Essential Minerals of the Crystalline Phase: Calcite , dolomite.
- Minerais Acessórios:Biopelmicrite (Calcário bio-calciclástico).
PHYSICO-MECHANICAL PROPERTIES
- Compression breaking load 1166 Kg/cm2
- Compression breaking load after freezing test 1225 Kg/cm2
- Bending strength 191 Kg/cm2
- Volumetric weight 2704 Kg/m3
- Water absorption at N.P. conditions 0.24 %
- Apparent porosity 0.65 %
- Thermal linear expansion coefficient5.9 10-6 per ºC
- Abrasion test 2.2 mm
- Impact test: minimum fall height 35 cm
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PREVALLING APPLICATIONS
- For interior uses, in preference.
