Item Details
Quarry Location:
Alconera, Badajoz
Water Absorption:
% 0.1
Density:
2730 kg/m3
Flexural Strength:
13.1 MPa
Compressive Strength:
148 MPa
Recommended Usage:
kitchen and bathroom countertops, monuments, building stone, ornamental stone, stairs, interior, exterior wall and floor applications, mosaic, waterjet pattern
Finishing Surface:
Polished,Bush Hammered,Tumbled,Brushed,Honed,Split,Machine Cut,Natural Surface,Sandblasted,Acid Washing,Combed,Leathered,Water Jet,Filled,Chiseled,Pickling
Additional Names:
Negro Pinta, Pinta Black Marble, Mármol Negro Pinta, Nero Pinta Marble,Negro Pinta Marble
Description:
Limy re-crystallized of Cambrian age and of thin grain. Good mining. Medium to big blocks.
General Caracteristics:
- Origin: Alconera
- Province: Badajoz
- Colour: Dark grey
Petrographic description: Limestone partially dolomite
Opened porosity ( %): 0,2
Apparent density ( Kg/m3): 2730
Resistance to the graze ( mm): 25,5
Resistance to the compression ( MPa): 148
Resistance to the concentrated load deflection (MPa): 13,1
Microhardness knoop ( Mpa): 1873
Resistance to shock (cm): 24
Water absorption for capillarity (g/m” · s0,5): 0,14
Resistance to ice ( % variation flexion after cycles ): 13
Water Absorption under atmospheric pressure( %): 0,1
Break charge (N): 2350