Item Details
Quarry Location:
Monte da Chainca, S. Joao Baptista, Castelo de Vide, Portalegre
Water Absorption:
0.14 %
Density:
2638 kg/m³
Flexural Strength:
10.95 MPa
Compressive Strength:
175.7 - 184.6 MPa
Recommended Usage:
Exterior - Interior wall and floor applications, countertops, mosaic, fountains, pool and wall cappi
Finishing Surface:
Honed, Aged, Polished, Sawn Cut, Sanded, Rockfaced, Sandblasted, Bushhammered, Tumbled
Additional Names:
Jané Granit,Gnaisse da Chainca,Gnaisse da Chainca Jane,Gneiss da Chainca,Jane Granite
Description:
Jane Granite is a durable granite from Portugal with varying flakes of pale green, whites, grays and creamy beige colored intrusive igneous rock which is granular and phaneritic in texture.
Finishes available: Honed, Aged, Polished, Sawn Cut, Sanded, Rockfaced, Sandblasted, Bushhammered, Tumbled, Weatheredge
Jane Granite can be commonly used; Exterior - Interior wall and floor applications, countertops, mosaic, fountains, pool and wall capping, stairs, window sills, etc
Mineralogical composition
Quartz:48%
Microcline:40%
Plagioclase:7%
Muscovite mica:5%