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 |