Grey - Sandstone
Quarry Location: Folgueroles,Les Garrigues-Lleida, west of Catalonia
Water Absorption: 2.58-3.0 %
Density: 2450 Kg/m3
Flexural Strength: 7.9 MPa
Compressive Strength: 77.0 MPa
Recommended Usage: Exterior - Interior wall and floor applications, monuments, countertops, mosaic, fountains, pool and wall capping, stairs, window sills
Finishing Surface: Sawn Cut, Honed, Natural Surface, Bush Hammered, Chiseled
Additional Names: Arenisca Azul Incomar Sandstone,Arenisca Folgueroles,Arenisca gris Folgueroles,Azul Incomar
Arenisca Azul Incomar
Apparent density (UNE-EN 1936-2007) : 2450 Kg/m3
Open porosity (UNE-EN 1936-2007) : 8.1 %
Flexural strength (UNE-EN 12372-2007) : 7.9 MPa
Compressive strength (UNE-EN 1926-2007) : 77.0 MPa
Water absorption at atmospheric pressure (UNE-EN 13755-2008) :3 %
Abrasion resistance (UNE-EN 14157-2005) : 17.5mm
Slip resistance-dry cond. (UNE-EN 14231-2004) : 84 USRV
Slip resistance-wet cond. (UNE-EN 14231-2004) : 78 USRV
Number of cycles (UNE-EN 12371-2010) : 0 %
Breaking load at a dowel hole (UNE-EN 13364-2001) : 950 N
Water absorption by capillarity (UNE-EN 14231-2004) : 12.2 g/m2.s0.5
Thermal shock resitance. mass variation : 0.04
Components:
quartz (51.4%),
feldspars (26.6%)
calcite 11.5%
mica 8.7%
and others (1.3%)