Green - Granite
Quarry Location: Kiuruvesi, 2003
Water Absorption: 0.10 - 0.15 By Weight %
Density: 2785 - 2810 kg/m3
Flexural Strength: 12.7 - 16 Mpa
Compressive Strength: 172 - 187 Mpa
Recommended Usage: Bathroom, Wall cladding, Counter top, Shower, Dimensional stone, Flooring residential
Additional Names: Green Sea,Karelia Green,Karelian Green,Green Sea Granite
Green Sea granite includes feldspar minerals and quartz. Feldspars are medium grained and they appear also up to 2-4 centimeter ovoid crystals with bright greenish gray shine. Quartz is light blue in colour. The amount on quartz varies from 5-20%. Structure has no orientation. The granite is very suitable to dimensional stone production. Deposit is even colored and fracture distance is big enough to quarry large blocks.
Mineral composition:
Potash feldspar: 33% ,Plagioclase: 36% ,Quartz: 5% ,Ortho-pyroxene: 12% ,Hornblende: 6% ,Biotite: 3% ,Others: 5%
Hardness: 6,0 Mohs
Compressive Strenght: 187 MPa
Flexural strength: 16 Mpa
Density: 2785 kg/m³
Water absorption: 0,10 wt-%