MACROSCOPIC DESCRIPTION
- Microcrystalline bioclastic reddish limestone with some rosy-red orange-yellowish spots and showing very thin stylolites.
MICROSCOPIC FEATURES
- Essential Minerals of the Crystalline Phase:Clacite
- Minerais Acessórios: Biosparite (Calcário bioclástico).
PHYSICO-MECHANICAL PROPERTIES
- Compression breaking load 1427 Kg/cm2
- Compression breaking load after freezing test 1145 Kg/cm2
- Bending strength 124 Kg/cm2
- Volumetric weight 2697 Kg/m3
- Water absorption at N.P. conditions 0.15 %
- Apparent porosity 0.41 %
- Thermal linear expansion coefficient 4.3 10-6 per ºC
- Abrasion test 2.0 mm
- Impact test: minimum fall height 55 cm
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PREVALLING APPLICATIONS
- Facing slabs, in preference for interiors or for exterior covered zones.
