Beige - Limestone
Quarry Location: Antalya, Finike-Demre
Water Absorption: By weight (%) 4.11.By volume (%) 9.35
Density: 2300 kg/m3
Flexural Strength: 6.2 MPa
Compressive Strength: 44.00 MPa
Recommended Usage: wall and floor applications, countertops, mosaic, fountains, ornaments, 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: Toros Ivory Limestone,Lymra Limestone,Fenike limestone,JM White Limestone, Limra Limestone, Limyra Limestone, Lymyra Limestone,Salomon Gran Beige Limestone,Turkish Limestone, Antalya Cream Limestone, Toros Cloudy Limestone, Cloudy Beige Limestone,Toros Beige Limestone
Technical Specifications of LIMESTONE CLOUDY
Hardness (Mohs) 2
Dry unit volume weight (Bulk specific gravity) (gr/cm 3) 2.30
Specific gravity of solid part (gr/cm 3) 2.72
Water Absorption at atmospheric pressure By weight (%) 4.11,By volume (%) 9.35
Apperant porosity (%) 9.35
Real porozite (%) 15.0
Compressive strength (kg/cm 2) 400-600
Strength to bending (Flexural strength) (kg/cm 2) 117
P-Wave velocity (m/s) 3400
P-Wave velocity after freezing (m/s) 3000
Change of P-W. velocity after freezing (%) 12
Weight decrease after freezing (%) 0.05
Compressive strength after freezing (kg/cm 2) 300-500
Strength decrease after freezing (%) 20
Schmidt hammer index - 20
Chemical Analysis
Al 2O 3 % 0.25
CaO %54
Fe 2O 3 %0.07
K 2O -
MgO % 0.8
SiO 2 %0.15
SM %0.47
ALM %3.57
Loss on Ignition %42
TOTAL 97.27
Not measurable ,% 2.73