Lumaquela Rosa

GEOGRAPHIC LOCALIZATION

PROVINCE	Albacete
TOWNSHIP	Albatana

MACROSCOPIC DESCRIPTION

Porous, fossiliferous limestone of pink light colour.

MINERAL COMPOSITION

ESSENTIAL MINERALS	ACCESORY MINERALS
Calcite, Dolomite, fossil remains.	-

MICROSCOPIC DESCRIPTION

Acumulation of pellets in a sparitic matrix.

PHYSICO-MECHANICAL PROPERTIES

BULK SPECIFIC GRAVITY	2,25 g/cm3
APPARENT POROSITY	3,30%
ABSORPTION COEFFICIENT	3,32%
COMPRESSION STRENGTH	118 Kg/cm2
BENDING STRENGTH	57 Kg/cm2
C. STRENGTH AFTER FREEZING TEST	147 Kg/cm2
FRICTIONAL WEAR TEST	10,50 mm
IMPACT TEST	45 cm

Rosa

GEOGRAPHIC LOCALIZATION

PROVINCE	Guipúzcoa
TOWNSHIP	Deba

MACROSCOPIC DESCRIPTION

Breccial-look limestone with a general dark cream colour with grey zones.

MINERAL COMPOSITION

ESSENTIAL MINERALS	ACCESORY MINERALS
Calcite 99%	Clay minerals.

MICROSCOPIC DESCRIPTION

Fine grain rock with abundant micritic matriz and fossils.

PHYSICO-MECHANICAL PROPERTIES

BULK SPECIFIC GRAVITY	2,71 g/cm3
APPARENT POROSITY	0,15%
ABSORPTION COEFFICIENT	0,06%
COMPRESSION STRENGTH	950 Kg/cm2
BENDING STRENGTH	237 Kg/cm2
C. STRENGTH AFTER FREEZING TEST	800 Kg/cm2
FRICTIONAL WEAR TEST	2,12 mm
IMPACT TEST	35 cm

Rosa Buxcarro

GEOGRAPHIC LOCALIZATION

PROVINCE	Valencia
TOWNSHIP	Quatretonda

MACROSCOPIC DESCRIPTION

Fine grain compact rock, light orange pinkish coloured, with some veins filled with clay products.

MINERAL COMPOSITION

ESSENTIAL MINERALS	ACCESORY MINERALS
Calcite.	Clay minerals.

MICROSCOPIC DESCRIPTION

Rock composed by micritic intraclasts and some fossils wich are pasted in a not very abundant sparite matrix.

PHYSICO-MECHANICAL PROPERTIES

BULK SPECIFIC GRAVITY	2,69 g/cm3
APPARENT POROSITY	0,20%
ABSORPTION COEFFICIENT	0,08%
COMPRESSION STRENGTH	929 Kg/cm2
BENDING STRENGTH	194 Kg/cm2
C. STRENGTH AFTER FREEZING TEST	576 Kg/cm2
FRICTIONAL WEAR TEST	2,35 mm
IMPACT TEST	40 cm

Rosa Duquesa

GEOGRAPHIC LOCALIZATION

PROVINCE	Navarra
TOWNSHIP	Larrún

MACROSCOPIC DESCRIPTION

Fine grain limestone, pink coloured with some fossil remains.

MINERAL COMPOSITION

ESSENTIAL MINERALS	ACCESORY MINERALS
92% Calcite, 7% Dolomite	Clay minerals.

MICROSCOPIC DESCRIPTION

Mollusc fossils in a sparitic matrix.

PHYSICO-MECHANICAL PROPERTIES

BULK SPECIFIC GRAVITY	2,70 g/cm3
APPARENT POROSITY	0,13%
ABSORPTION COEFFICIENT	0,02%
COMPRESSION STRENGTH	686 Kg/cm2
BENDING STRENGTH	278 Kg/cm2
C. STRENGTH AFTER FREEZING TEST	634 Kg/cm2
FRICTIONAL WEAR TEST	2,31 mm
IMPACT TEST	35 cm

Rosa Valencia

GEOGRAPHIC LOCALIZATION

PROVINCE	Valencia
TOWNSHIP	Barcheta

MACROSCOPIC DESCRIPTION

Yellow-reddish limestone with abundant reddish veins.

MINERAL COMPOSITION

ESSENTIAL MINERALS	ACCESORY MINERALS
Calcite.	Clay minerals.

MICROSCOPIC DESCRIPTION

Pebbles of micritic calcite bonded in a sparitic matrix.

PHYSICO-MECHANICAL PROPERTIES

BULK SPECIFIC GRAVITY	2,79 g/cm3
APPARENT POROSITY	0,50%
ABSORPTION COEFFICIENT	0,10%
COMPRESSION STRENGTH	855 Kg/cm2
BENDING STRENGTH	144 Kg/cm2
C. STRENGTH AFTER FREEZING TEST	850 Kg/cm2
FRICTIONAL WEAR TEST	2,30 mm
IMPACT TEST	45 cm

Rosa Zarci

GEOGRAPHIC LOCALIZATION

PROVINCE	Murcia
TOWNSHIP	Zarcilla de Ramos

MACROSCOPIC DESCRIPTION

Fine grain limestone of pale reddish colour.

MINERAL COMPOSITION

ESSENTIAL MINERALS	ACCESORY MINERALS
Calcite.	Quartz, clay minerals.

MICROSCOPIC DESCRIPTION

Micritic intraclasts and equinoderms in a sparitic matrix.

PHYSICO-MECHANICAL PROPERTIES

BULK SPECIFIC GRAVITY	2,66 g/cm3
APPARENT POROSITY	0,80%
ABSORPTION COEFFICIENT	0,30%
COMPRESSION STRENGTH	990 Kg/cm2
BENDING STRENGTH	214 Kg/cm2
C. STRENGTH AFTER FREEZING TEST	725 Kg/cm2
FRICTIONAL WEAR TEST	2,76 mm
IMPACT TEST	40 cm