Item Details
Quarry Location:
Barcarrota, Badajoz
Water Absorption:
0.20 %
Density:
2700 kg/m³
Flexural Strength:
15.0 MPa
Compressive Strength:
146.90 MPa
Recommended Usage:
Building stone, countertops, sinks, monuments, pool coping, sills, ornamental stone, interior, exterr
Finishing Surface:
Polished, Sawn Cut, Sanded, Rockfaced, Sandblasted, Tumbled
Additional Names:
Light Blue Granite, Granito Azul Claro, Azul Claro Granite, Azul Claro
Description:
Cataclastic granite, extracted in the batholith of Taliga. All kinds of uses. Quarry of good dimensions. Big reserves. Good mining.
General Caracteristics:
- Origin: Barcarrota
- Province: Badajoz
- Colour:Grey-blue
Petrographic description: Cataclastic porphyritic granite
Grain size: Thin to medium (Porphyritic)
Opened porosity ( %): 0,6
Apparent density( Kg/m3): 2700
Resistance to the graze ( mm): 18,5
Resistance to the compression ( MPa): 146
Resistance to the concentrated load deflection (MPa): 15
Microhardness knoop ( Mpa): 2351
Resistance to shock (cm): 39
Water absorption for capillarity (g/m” · s0,5): 0,505
Resistance to ice ( % variation flexion after cycles ): 10
Resistance to the crystallization of salts (Mass variation): 0,04
Water Absorption under atmospheric pressure ( %) 0,2
Break charge (N): 1900