Item Details
Quarry Location:
Weibern, Ahrweiler,Rhineland-Palatinate
Water Absorption:
22.2 vol.-%
Density:
1.6 to 1.8 g/cm³
Flexural Strength:
0.5 N/mm2
Compressive Strength:
9.67 N/mm2
Recommended Usage:
Building Ornaments, Flagstone,Coping, Pavers, Slabs, Sculptures, Window Sills, Stairs
Finishing Surface:
Sawn cut, Honed, Natural, Split, river worn, feature rocks
Additional Names:
Weibern Tuff Stone,Weiberner Trachite,Weiberner Trachyte,Weibern Trachite,Weibern Trachyte,Weiberner Tuff
Description:
Weiberner tuff is a fine-grained type of igneous volcanic rock with an aphanitic to porphyritic texture; a beige primary colour and different sized, dark basalt and pumice inclusions. Weiberner tuff is predominantly used in facade engineering as well as for Building Ornaments, Flagstone,Coping, Pavers, Slabs, Sculptures, Window Sills, Stairs.
Gross density: 1.6 to 1.8 g/cm3
Pressure resistance (Compressive Strength): 9.67 N/mm2
Bending tensile strength: 0.5 N/mm2
Breaking load at anchor hole: 241 N (for 4.2 cm thickness)
Absorption of water: 22.2 vol.-%
frost-proof: yes