Travertino Amarillo


GEOGRAPHIC LOCALIZATION
PROVINCE Almería
TOWNSHIP Albox

MACROSCOPIC DESCRIPTION
Porous limestone, yellowish colour with many bands.

MINERAL COMPOSITION
ESSENTIAL MINERALS ACCESORY MINERALS
Calcite 99% Quartz, Muscovite, iron oxides.

MICROSCOPIC DESCRIPTION
Limestone with colour formbands.

PHYSICO-MECHANICAL PROPERTIES
BULK SPECIFIC GRAVITY 2,66 g/cm3
APPARENT POROSITY 4,60%
ABSORPTION COEFFICIENT 1,88%
COMPRESSION STRENGTH 608 Kg/cm2
BENDING STRENGTH 297 Kg/cm2
C. STRENGTH AFTER FREEZING TEST 396 Kg/cm2
FRICTIONAL WEAR TEST 3,11 mm
IMPACT TEST 30 cm

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