GEOGRAPHIC LOCALIZATION
| PROVINCE | Zaragoza/Teruel |
| TOWNSHIP | Quinto/Azaila |
MACROSCOPIC DESCRIPTION
Ornamental industrial mineral, compact and homogeneous with marmoraceous aspect, usually white and translucent.
MINERAL COMPOSITION
| ESSENTIAL MINERALS | ACCESORY MINERALS |
| Gipsum. | Anhydrite, Celestine, phyllosilicates. |
MICROSCOPIC DESCRIPTION
Alabastrine texture with allotriomorphic and subidiomorphic crystals (25um-1 mm), porphyroblasts and recrystallization evidences.
PHYSICO-MECHANICAL PROPERTIES
| BULK SPECIFIC GRAVITY | 1,93 g/cm3 |
| APPARENT POROSITY | 0,15% |
| ABSORPTION COEFFICIENT | 0,20% |
| COMPRESSION STRENGTH | - |
| BENDING STRENGTH | - |
| C. STRENGTH AFTER FREEZING TEST | - |
| FRICTIONAL WEAR TEST | - |
| KNOOP MICROHARNESS | 47 Kg/cm2 |
