Yellow - Quartzite
Italy
Item Details
Quarry Location:
Barge, Pinerolo, Provincia di Cuneo, Piedmont, north-western Italy
Water Absorption:
0.21 %
Density:
2580 kg/m3
Flexural Strength:
39.7 MPa
Compressive Strength:
380.0 MPa
Recommended Usage:
Building stone,countertops, sinks, monuments, pool coping, sills, ornamental stone, interior, exterr
Finishing Surface:
Honed, Aged, Polished, Sawn Cut, Sanded, Rockfaced, Sandblasted, Bushhammered, Tumbled
Additional Names:
Bargiolina Giallo
Description:
Petrographic definition: quartzite
Massa Unit Volume: 2580 Kg/m3
Water absorption: 0.21%
Compression breaking load Simple: 380 MPa
Compression breaking load after freezing: MPa
Tangent Modulus: MPa
Secant Modulus: MPa
Indirect Tensile Strength by flexion: 39.7 MPa
Coefficient corresponding Abrasion (referred to Granite St. Fedelino): 0.67
Impact resistance: minimum fall height: 102 cm
Coefficient of thermal linear expansion: 12.0 x 10-5 0C-1
Knoop microhardness: 6386 MPa
non-uniformity index of hardness: 5.12
Source: Università di Pisa - Politecnico di Torino