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

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