White - Granite
Spain
Item Details
Quarry Location:
Cáceres, Extremadura
Water Absorption:
0.20 %
Density:
2620 kg/m3
Flexural Strength:
12.8 MPa
Compressive Strength:
153.0 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:
Bianco Serena,Blanco Serena,Granito Blanco Cáceres,Blanco Cáceres,Caceres White,Gris Caceres, Blanco Caceres Granite,Blanco Caceres
Description:
Two-micas granite extracted in the batolith of Cabeza de Araya. Good Mining. All kinds of uses.
General Caracteristics:
- Origin:Cáceres
- Province: Cáceres
- Colour: White-yellow
Petrographic description: Biotitic muscovitic leurogranite
Grain size: Medium
Opened porosity( %): 0,6
Apparent density ( Kg/m3): 2620
Resistance to the graze ( mm): 19
Resistance to the compression ( MPa): 150
Resistance to the concentrated load deflection (MPa): 12,8
Microhardness knoop ( Mpa): 2563
Resistance to shock (cm): 42
Water absorption for capillarity (g/m” · s0,5): 0,546
Resistance to ice ( % variation flexion after cycles ): 0
Resistance to the crystallization of salts (Mass variation): 0,04
Water Absorption under atmospheric pressure ( %): 0,2
Break charge (N): 1550