White - Marble
Quarry Location: Covelano, Alto Adige, Provincia di Bolzano
Water Absorption: % By weight 0.1
Density: 2710 kg/m³
Flexural Strength: 12.5 MPa
Compressive Strength: 91.0 MPa
Recommended Usage: Countertops, monuments, mosaic, exterior - interior wall and floor applications, fountains, pool and wall capping, stairs, window sills
Finishing Surface: Polished, Sawn Cut, Sanded, Rockfaced, Sandblasted, Tumbled
Additional Names: Covelano Arabescato Marble,Bianco Covelano Marble,Bianco di Covelano Marble, Marmo di Covelano,Covelano White
Covelano white marble – translucent, sugar-grained, weather resistant
Covelano white marble is a chemically almost pure, highly crystalline limestone (>95% calcite) with a sugar-grained structure.
Petrografico name (EN 12407: 2007) Marble calcitico
Calcium carbonate> 95%
Bulk density (EN 1936: 2007) Pb 2,710 kg / m3
Open porosity (EN 1936: 2007) while 0.40%
absorption% by weight (ASTM C97-02) to 0.10%
Abrasion resistance (EN 14157: 2005) med. L 22.7 mm
of rupture energy (EN 14158: 2005) W 5 J
Compressive strength (ASTM C170-06) Cdry 13191 psi (91 MPa)
Cdry 12470 psi (86 MPa)
flexural strength under concentrated load (EN 12372: 2007) RTF 12.5 MPa
flexural strength (ASTM C880-06) Rwet 1769.0 psi (12.2 MPa
Rwet 1638.5 psi (11.3 MPa)
Breaking load in correspondence to the fixing holes (EN 13364: 2003) F 1750 N