Karelia Red Granite Block, Finland Red Granite

Karelia Red 24, Virolahti
Karelia Red granite is extracted from Virolahti. Karelia Red is one of the Finnish classics, and it is highly favoured, particularly in the Far East, for interior uses and as building stone. Amount of extraction: approx. 600 m3 / month.
Technical properties
EN_13755 Water absorption 0.1 %
EN_1936 Apparent density 2630 kg/m3
EN_12372 Flexural strenght 11.8 Mpa
EN_12371 Frost resistance, change of flexural strenght* 0.0 %
EN_1926 Compressive strenght 176 Mpa
EN_14157 Abrasion resistance 16 mm
EN_13364 Breaking load at dowel hole 2450 N
* after 48 cycles
Mineral content
Values according to new EN-12407 standard.
Quartz 42.4 Wt %
K-feldspar 37.8 Wt %
Plagioclase 16.0 Wt %
Biotite 2.9 Wt %
Accessory minerals 1.0 Wt %