Bateig Blanco

GEOGRAPHIC LOCALIZATION

PROVINCE	Alicante
TOWNSHIP	Novelda

MACROSCOPIC DESCRIPTION

Medium grain calcarenite, equigranular, white-greyish colour.

MINERAL COMPOSITION

ESSENTIAL MINERALS	ACCESORY MINERALS
Calcite, Quartz, fossil remains.	Opaques, Dolomite.

MICROSCOPIC DESCRIPTION

Calcareous rock with quartz grains as detrital components.

PHYSICO-MECHANICAL PROPERTIES

BULK SPECIFIC GRAVITY	2,24 g/cm3
APPARENT POROSITY	5,80%
ABSORPTION COEFFICIENT	5,86%
COMPRESSION STRENGTH	232 Kg/cm2
BENDING STRENGTH	62 Kg/cm2
C. STRENGTH AFTER FREEZING TEST	426 Kg/cm2
FRICTIONAL WEAR TEST	4,50 mm
IMPACT TEST	45 cm

Blanco Alconera

GEOGRAPHIC LOCALIZATION

PROVINCE	Badajoz
TOWNSHIP	Alconera

MACROSCOPIC DESCRIPTION

Limestone of fine grain with abundant recrystallization, green-white colour and irregular darker veins.

MINERAL COMPOSITION

ESSENTIAL MINERALS	ACCESORY MINERALS
Calcite.	Iron oxides, Quartz, opaques, clay minerals.

MICROSCOPIC DESCRIPTION

Strong recrystallization that deletes the original structure.

PHYSICO-MECHANICAL PROPERTIES

BULK SPECIFIC GRAVITY	2,72 g/cm3
APPARENT POROSITY	0,34%
ABSORPTION COEFFICIENT	0,12%
COMPRESSION STRENGTH	875 Kg/cm2
BENDING STRENGTH	85 Kg/cm2
C. STRENGTH AFTER FREEZING TEST	875 Kg/cm2
FRICTIONAL WEAR TEST	2,81 mm
IMPACT TEST	35 cm

Blanco Chercos

GEOGRAPHIC LOCALIZATION

PROVINCE	Almeria
TOWNSHIP	Chercos

MACROSCOPIC DESCRIPTION

Uniform white marble. Coarse grain rock.

MINERAL COMPOSITION

ESSENTIAL MINERALS	ACCESORY MINERALS
Calcite.	Quartz, opaques.

MICROSCOPIC DESCRIPTION

Equigranular mosaic of calcite with many polyssynthetic twins.

PHYSICO-MECHANICAL PROPERTIES

BULK SPECIFIC GRAVITY	2,71 g/cm3
APPARENT POROSITY	0,06%
ABSORPTION COEFFICIENT	0,06%
COMPRESSION STRENGTH	689 Kg/cm2
BENDING STRENGTH	476 Kg/cm2
C. STRENGTH AFTER FREEZING TEST	674 Kg/cm2
FRICTIONAL WEAR TEST	2,86 mm
IMPACT TEST	60 cm

Blanco Chive

GEOGRAPHIC LOCALIZATION

PROVINCE	Almeria
TOWNSHIP	Lubrin

MACROSCOPIC DESCRIPTION

Coarse grain rock with dark veins.

MINERAL COMPOSITION

ESSENTIAL MINERALS	ACCESORY MINERALS
97% Calcite	2% Apatite, 1% Zircon, Quartz, opaques.

MICROSCOPIC DESCRIPTION

Calcite marble with subrounded crystals. Quartz accumulation in some areas.

PHYSICO-MECHANICAL PROPERTIES

BULK SPECIFIC GRAVITY	2,72 g/cm3
APPARENT POROSITY	0,32%
ABSORPTION COEFFICIENT	0,127%
COMPRESSION STRENGTH	688 Kg/cm2
BENDING STRENGTH	136 Kg/cm2
C. STRENGTH AFTER FREEZING TEST	675 Kg/cm2
FRICTIONAL WEAR TEST	3,11 mm
IMPACT TEST	54 cm

Blanco Cobdar

GEOGRAPHIC LOCALIZATION

PROVINCE	Almeria
TOWNSHIP	Cobdar

MACROSCOPIC DESCRIPTION

White marble with many irregular medium grey veins. Coarse grain rock.

MINERAL COMPOSITION

ESSENTIAL MINERALS	ACCESORY MINERALS
Calcite.	Dolomite, plagioclase, Quartz, opaques.

MICROSCOPIC DESCRIPTION

Equigranular mosaic of calcite texture with some muscovite flakes.

PHYSICO-MECHANICAL PROPERTIES

BULK SPECIFIC GRAVITY	2,71 g/cm3
APPARENT POROSITY	0,22%
ABSORPTION COEFFICIENT	0,08%
COMPRESSION STRENGTH	754 Kg/cm2
BENDING STRENGTH	300 Kg/cm2
C. STRENGTH AFTER FREEZING TEST	732 Kg/cm2
FRICTIONAL WEAR TEST	2,91 mm
IMPACT TEST	50 cm

Blanco Iberico

GEOGRAPHIC LOCALIZATION

PROVINCE	Granada
TOWNSHIP	Alhama de Granada

MACROSCOPIC DESCRIPTION

Large grain dolomitic marble with regular gray-white colour.

MINERAL COMPOSITION

ESSENTIAL MINERALS	ACCESORY MINERALS
Dolomite.	Quartz, opaques.

MICROSCOPIC DESCRIPTION

Rock formed by dolomite. The quartz appears in subrounded form and in veins.

PHYSICO-MECHANICAL PROPERTIES

BULK SPECIFIC GRAVITY	2,84 g/cm3
APPARENT POROSITY	0,36%
ABSORPTION COEFFICIENT	0,173%
COMPRESSION STRENGTH	1.369 Kg/cm2
BENDING STRENGTH	172 Kg/cm2
C. STRENGTH AFTER FREEZING TEST	1.340 Kg/cm2
FRICTIONAL WEAR TEST	2,21 mm
IMPACT TEST	34 cm

Blanco Lijar

GEOGRAPHIC LOCALIZATION

PROVINCE	Almeria
TOWNSHIP	Lijar

MACROSCOPIC DESCRIPTION

White marble with very light grey veins. Coarse grain rock.

MINERAL COMPOSITION

ESSENTIAL MINERALS	ACCESORY MINERALS
Calcite.	Dolomite, plagioclase, opaques, Quartz.

MICROSCOPIC DESCRIPTION

Calcite marble that presents a mosaic of calcite twinned grains.

PHYSICO-MECHANICAL PROPERTIES

BULK SPECIFIC GRAVITY	2,72 g/cm3
APPARENT POROSITY	0,02%
ABSORPTION COEFFICIENT	0,01%
COMPRESSION STRENGTH	710 Kg/cm2
BENDING STRENGTH	290 Kg/cm2
C. STRENGTH AFTER FREEZING TEST	290 Kg/cm2
FRICTIONAL WEAR TEST	2,78 mm
IMPACT TEST	25 cm

Blanco Macael

GEOGRAPHIC LOCALIZATION

PROVINCE	Almeria
TOWNSHIP	Macael

MACROSCOPIC DESCRIPTION

Calcite marble of uniform white colour.

MINERAL COMPOSITION

ESSENTIAL MINERALS	ACCESORY MINERALS
99% Calcite	Quartz, Muscovite, opaques.

MICROSCOPIC DESCRIPTION

Calcite grains and some muscovite flakes.

PHYSICO-MECHANICAL PROPERTIES

BULK SPECIFIC GRAVITY	2,72 g/cm3
APPARENT POROSITY	0,60%
ABSORPTION COEFFICIENT	0,16%
COMPRESSION STRENGTH	804 Kg/cm2
BENDING STRENGTH	212 Kg/cm2
C. STRENGTH AFTER FREEZING TEST	665 Kg/cm2
FRICTIONAL WEAR TEST	2,43 mm
IMPACT TEST	45 cm

Blanco Tranco

GEOGRAPHIC LOCALIZATION

PROVINCE	Almeria
TOWNSHIP	Lubrin

MACROSCOPIC DESCRIPTION

Coarse grain very crystallized rock, white colour with grey veins.

MINERAL COMPOSITION

ESSENTIAL MINERALS	ACCESORY MINERALS
87% Calcite, 10% Dolomite	2% Quartz, 1% Muscovite-opaques

MICROSCOPIC DESCRIPTION

Rock formed by recrystallized calcite with a compositional banding due to an incipient dolomitization through veins.

PHYSICO-MECHANICAL PROPERTIES

BULK SPECIFIC GRAVITY	2,72 g/cm3
APPARENT POROSITY	0,20%
ABSORPTION COEFFICIENT	0,087%
COMPRESSION STRENGTH	1.006 Kg/cm2
BENDING STRENGTH	146 Kg/cm2
C. STRENGTH AFTER FREEZING TEST	957 Kg/cm2
FRICTIONAL WEAR TEST	2,85 mm
IMPACT TEST	44 cm

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