Beige - Limestone
Quarry Location: Porto de Mos, Leiria
Water Absorption: 2.3 %
Density: 2520 Kg/m3
Flexural Strength: 126 Kg/cm2
Compressive Strength: 870 - 930 Kg/cm2
Recommended Usage: Wall and floor applications, countertops, mosaic, fountains, pool and wall capping, stairs, window sills
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: Rosal Fleuri Limestone Limestone,Rosal Limestone,Rosal Fleury
Rosal Fleury Limestone is cream beige background with warm dark beige veins
PHISICAL-MECHANICAL PROPERTIES
Compression Breaking Load: 930 Kg/cm2
Compression B.L. after Freezing Test: 870 Kg/cm2
Bending Strength: 126 Kg/cm2
Volumetric Weigth: 2520 Kg/m3
Water Absorption: 2,3 %
Apparent Porosity: 5,9 %
Thermal Linear Expansion Coefficient: 5,3 10^6 per oC
Abrasion Test: 4,0 mm
Impact Test: 40 cm
Freeze-Defreeze cycles (no alteration after): 48 cycles
MICROSCOPIC PROPERTIES
Calcite: ~100 %
CHEMICAL ANALYSIS
Al2O3: 0,54%
CaO: 55,86%
CO2: 43,95%
Fe2O3: 0,06%
K2O: 0,07%
MgO: 0,10%
Na2O: 0,06%
P.R.: 43,60%
SiO2: 0,07%