Item Details
Quarry Location:
Alconera, Badajoz
Water Absorption:
0.10 %
Density:
2730 kg/m3
Flexural Strength:
15.2 MPa
Compressive Strength:
140.0 MPa
Recommended Usage:
Building stone, countertops, sinks, monuments, pool coping, sills, ornamental stone, interior, exteri
Finishing Surface:
Polished, Sawn Cut, Sanded, Rockfaced, Sandblasted, Tumbled
Additional Names:
Alconera White Marble, Mármol Blanco Alconera, Blanco Alconera Marble, Blanco Alconera
Description:
Limy re-crystallized of Cambrian age and of thin grain. Good mining. Medium to big blocks.
General Caracteristics:
- Origin: Alconera
- Province: Badajoz
- Colour: White
Petrographic description:Limy re-crystallized
Opened porosity ( %): 0,1
Apparent density ( Kg/m3): 2730
Resistance to the graze ( mm): 24,5
Resistance to the compression ( MPa): 140
Resistance to the concentrated load deflection (MPa): 15,2
Microhardness knoop ( Mpa): 1676
Resistance to shock (cm): 25
Water absorption for capillarity (g/m” · s0,5): 0,1
Resistance to ice ( % variation flexion after cycles): 0
Resistance to the crystallization of salts (Mass variation( %): 0,1
Break charge (N): 2550