Caliza Alba

GEOGRAPHIC LOCALIZATION

PROVINCE	Murcia
TOWNSHIP	Moratalla

MACROSCOPIC DESCRIPTION

Light cream colour rock with abundant fossil remains.

MINERAL COMPOSITION

ESSENTIAL MINERALS	ACCESORY MINERALS
Calcite.	Quartz, clay minerals.

MICROSCOPIC DESCRIPTION

Rock with a high percentage of fossils (lamellibranche, ostrachods, equinoderms, etc.) in a micritic matrix.

PHYSICO-MECHANICAL PROPERTIES

BULK SPECIFIC GRAVITY	2,19 g/cm3
APPARENT POROSITY	2,30%
ABSORPTION COEFFICIENT	6,03%
COMPRESSION STRENGTH	471 Kg/cm2
BENDING STRENGTH	83 Kg/cm2
C. STRENGTH AFTER FREEZING TEST	483 Kg/cm2
FRICTIONAL WEAR TEST	5,16 mm
IMPACT TEST	23 cm

Caliza Andalucia

GEOGRAPHIC LOCALIZATION

PROVINCE	Cordoba
TOWNSHIP	Cabra

MACROSCOPIC DESCRIPTION

Limestone of light cream colour and a few brown dots.

MINERAL COMPOSITION

ESSENTIAL MINERALS	ACCESORY MINERALS
Calcite, organic remains.	Dolomite, Quartz.

MICROSCOPIC DESCRIPTION

Abundant remains of alveolines and intraclastic sparite.

PHYSICO-MECHANICAL PROPERTIES

BULK SPECIFIC GRAVITY	2,34 g/cm3
APPARENT POROSITY	4,80%
ABSORPTION COEFFICIENT	4,81%
COMPRESSION STRENGTH	371 Kg/cm2
BENDING STRENGTH	70 Kg/cm2
C. STRENGTH AFTER FREEZING TEST	300 Kg/cm2
FRICTIONAL WEAR TEST	3,00 mm
IMPACT TEST	30 cm

Caliza San Vicente

GEOGRAPHIC LOCALIZATION

PROVINCE	Barcelona
TOWNSHIP	Sant Viçenc de Castellet

MACROSCOPIC DESCRIPTION

Greenish grey colour rock with some fossil remains.

MINERAL COMPOSITION

ESSENTIAL MINERALS	ACCESORY MINERALS
99% Calcite	Iron oxides.

MICROSCOPIC DESCRIPTION

Abundant remains of alveolines and intraclastic sparite.

PHYSICO-MECHANICAL PROPERTIES

BULK SPECIFIC GRAVITY	2,70 g/cm3
APPARENT POROSITY	0,30%
ABSORPTION COEFFICIENT	0,90%
COMPRESSION STRENGTH	732 Kg/cm2
BENDING STRENGTH	300 Kg/cm2
C. STRENGTH AFTER FREEZING TEST	698 Kg/cm2
FRICTIONAL WEAR TEST	2,41 mm
IMPACT TEST	45 cm

Caliza Sevilla

GEOGRAPHIC LOCALIZATION

PROVINCE	Sevilla
TOWNSHIP	Estepa

MACROSCOPIC DESCRIPTION

Fine grain limestone, cream colour with some darker fossil remains.

MINERAL COMPOSITION

ESSENTIAL MINERALS	ACCESORY MINERALS
Calcite.	Clay minerals.

MICROSCOPIC DESCRIPTION

Micritic material with rock and molluscs fragments.

PHYSICO-MECHANICAL PROPERTIES

BULK SPECIFIC GRAVITY	2,68 g/cm3
APPARENT POROSITY	5,05%
ABSORPTION COEFFICIENT	1,98%
COMPRESSION STRENGTH	1.132 Kg/cm2
BENDING STRENGTH	139 Kg/cm2
C. STRENGTH AFTER FREEZING TEST	884 Kg/cm2
FRICTIONAL WEAR TEST	3,15 mm
IMPACT TEST	20 cm