Yellow - Sandstone
Italy
Item Details
Quarry Location:
Siena, Toscana
Water Absorption:
0.04 By weight %
Density:
2560 Kg/m³
Flexural Strength:
18.65 MPa
Compressive Strength:
169.70 MPa
Recommended Usage:
Wall and floor applications, countertops, mosaic, fountains, pool and wall capping, stairs, window sills
Finishing Surface:
Sawn Cut, Sanded, Rockfaced, Sandblasted, Bushhammered, Tumbled, Thermalled, Natural Cleft, Weatheredge
Additional Names:
Giallo Terra di Siena Sandstone,Siena Sandstone,Terra d'Siena Sandstone,Terra di Siena Sandstone
Description:
Pale yellow uniform sandstone with fine to very fine grain and partial orientation of constituent granules.
It is a porous rock whose interstices between the granules are not completely occupied by carbonatic concrete. It is predominantly formed by fragments of carbonatic algal, foraminifera shells, echinoderms and by micro crystalline calcite. Less frequent are quartz, feldspars and fragments of magmatic and metamorphic rock.
According to the petrographical study and the NCE-CE-CI Zuffa diagram (1980), Giallo terra di Siena is classified as calcarenite.