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

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