Item Details
Quarry Location:
Valle de la Serena, Badajoz
Water Absorption:
0.4 %
Density:
2580 kg/m3
Flexural Strength:
6.76 - 9.5 MPa
Compressive Strength:
119.4 - 144.0 MPa
Recommended Usage:
Exterior - Interior wall and floor applications, monuments, countertops, mosaic, fountains, pool and
Finishing Surface:
Polished, Sawn Cut, Sanded, Rockfaced, Sandblasted, Tumbled
Additional Names:
Valle White Granite, Granito Blanco Valle, Blanco Valle Granite, Blanco Valle
Description:
Leucogranite of the pluton of San Nicholas. Average reserves. All kinds of uses.
General Caracteristics:
- Origin: Valle de la Serena
- Provinc: Badajoz
- Colour: White
Petrographic description: Muscovit leucogranite
Grain size: Thin
Opened porosity ( %): 1,7
Apparent density ( Kg/m3): 2580
Resistance to the graze ( mm): 18,5
Resistance to the compression ( MPa): 144
Resistance to the concentrated load deflection (MPa): 9,5
Microhardness knoop ( Mpa): 2131
Resistance to shock (cm): 54
Water absorption for capillarity (g/m” · s0,5): 1,185
Resistance to ice ( % variation flexion after cycles ): 8
Resistance to the crystallization of salts (Mass variation): 0,06
Water Absorption under atmospheric pressure ( %): 0,4
Break charge (N): 1000