Green - Marble
Quarry Location: Chiesa in Valmalenco, Torre di Santa Maria, Provincia di Sondrio, Lombardia
Water Absorption: 0.30 By weight-%
Density: 2795 kg/m3
Flexural Strength: 61.5 MPa
Compressive Strength: 223.0 - 242.0 MPa
Recommended Usage: exterior - Interior wall and floor applications, monuments, countertops, mosaic, fountains, pool and wall capping, stairs, window sills
Finishing Surface: Polished, Bush Hammered, Tumbled, Brushed, Honed, Split, Machine Cut, Natural Surface, Sandblasted, Acid Washing, Combed, Leathered, Water Jet, Filled, Chiseled, Pickling
Additional Names: Serpentino Classico, Torre di Santa Maria Marble, Torre Santa Maria Marble, Verde Serpentino Marble, Torre San Maria Marble, Verde Torre S. Maria Marble, Verde Serpentine Marble, Serpentino Verde Marble, Verde Serpentin Marble, Serpentino Classico Scuro Marble, Serpentin Classico, Serpentino Classico Green Marble, Serpentinite, Serpentino Classico Marble
Petrographic definition: serpentinite
Mass of Unit Volume: 2795 Kg/m3
Water absorption: 0.03%
Simple Compression: tensile strength 242 MPa
Simple compression after freeze-thaw tensile strength: 223 MPa
Elastic modulus tangent: 130,900 MPa
Indirect tensile strength through bending: 61.5 MPa
Relative Abrasion coefficient (referring to s. Fedelino Granite): 0.82
Impact resistance: minimum height of fall: 52 cm
Linear thermal expansion coefficient: 5 x 10-7.3 OV-1
Knoop microhardness: 2443 MPa
Index of non-uniformity of hardness: 3.54
Source: Politecnico di Torino