Branco De Lagoa Marble

BRANCO DE LAGOA
Macroscopic Description
Fine-grained marble with shades ranging from white-spotted cream of the grizzly mottled gray-white to cream, sometimes as "skin of tiger."
Description petrography
Granoblástica of rock texture, with medium grain.
Physical Mechanical Properties (Value Unit)
Resistance Mec. Compressive (806 Kg/cm2)
Resistance M.C. after T.G. (840 Kg/cm2)
Mechanical resistance to bending (172 Kg/cm2)
Apparent density (2710 kg/m3)
Water absorption (0.08%)
Porosity (0.22%)
Coef. Linear Thermal expansion (12.3 10 ^ 6per o C)
Resistance to Wear (3.1mm)
Resistance to Shock (57.5cm)