GEOGRAPHIC LOCALIZATION
| PROVINCE | Almería |
| TOWNSHIP | Macael |
MACROSCOPIC DESCRIPTION
Coarse grain marble, grey colour and darker thick veins.
MINERAL COMPOSITION
| ESSENTIAL MINERALS | ACCESORY MINERALS |
| 94% Calcite | 4% Quartz, 1% Muscovite, Clorite, plagioclase, Sericite. |
MICROSCOPIC DESCRIPTION
Elongated calcite crystals, following the preferential orientation plane.
PHYSICO-MECHANICAL PROPERTIES
| BULK SPECIFIC GRAVITY | 2,78 g/cm3 |
| APPARENT POROSITY | 3,00% |
| ABSORPTION COEFFICIENT | 1,20% |
| COMPRESSION STRENGTH | 847 Kg/cm2 |
| BENDING STRENGTH | 303 Kg/cm2 |
| C. STRENGTH AFTER FREEZING TEST | 731 Kg/cm2 |
| FRICTIONAL WEAR TEST | 2,63 mm |
| IMPACT TEST | 70 cm |
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