Imperial Ulldecona


GEOGRAPHIC LOCALIZATION
PROVINCE Tarragona
TOWNSHIP Ulldecona

MACROSCOPIC DESCRIPTION
Limestone with some recrystalitation, dark cream colour with some fossil remains.

MINERAL COMPOSITION
ESSENTIAL MINERALS ACCESORY MINERALS
Dolomite, Calcite. -

MICROSCOPIC DESCRIPTION
Higher percentage of calcite than dolomite. Sparitic matrix. The calcite sometimes is gathered in policrystaline aggregates.

PHYSICO-MECHANICAL PROPERTIES
BULK SPECIFIC GRAVITY 2,68 g/cm3
APPARENT POROSITY 0,60%
ABSORPTION COEFFICIENT 0,60%
COMPRESSION STRENGTH 985 Kg/cm2
BENDING STRENGTH 282 Kg/cm2
C. STRENGTH AFTER FREEZING TEST 940 Kg/cm2
FRICTIONAL WEAR TEST 2,80 mm
IMPACT TEST 40 cm

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