Rojo Alicante

GEOGRAPHIC LOCALIZATION

PROVINCE	Alicante
TOWNSHIP	Monóvar

MACROSCOPIC DESCRIPTION

Fine grain limestone, with variable reddish tones and white veins.

MINERAL COMPOSITION

ESSENTIAL MINERALS	ACCESORY MINERALS
Calcite.	Opaques.

MICROSCOPIC DESCRIPTION

Micrite with some fossil remains.

PHYSICO-MECHANICAL PROPERTIES

BULK SPECIFIC GRAVITY	2,71 g/cm3
APPARENT POROSITY	0,30%
ABSORPTION COEFFICIENT	0,10%
COMPRESSION STRENGTH	965 Kg/cm2
BENDING STRENGTH	89 Kg/cm2
C. STRENGTH AFTER FREEZING TEST	856 Kg/cm2
FRICTIONAL WEAR TEST	2,42 mm
IMPACT TEST	30 cm

Rojo Bidasoa

GEOGRAPHIC LOCALIZATION

PROVINCE	Navarra
TOWNSHIP	Baztán

MACROSCOPIC DESCRIPTION

Fossiliferous limestone, fine grain, light reddish colour and white veins of recrystallized calcite and grey coloured fossils.

MINERAL COMPOSITION

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

MICROSCOPIC DESCRIPTION

High percentage of fossils, a lot of them pseudomorphized by calcite. The calcite is filling veins too. Micritic matrix.

PHYSICO-MECHANICAL PROPERTIES

BULK SPECIFIC GRAVITY	2,57 g/cm3
APPARENT POROSITY	0,50%
ABSORPTION COEFFICIENT	0,50%
COMPRESSION STRENGTH	644 Kg/cm2
BENDING STRENGTH	157 Kg/cm2
C. STRENGTH AFTER FREEZING TEST	640 Kg/cm2
FRICTIONAL WEAR TEST	4,10 mm
IMPACT TEST	35 cm

Rojo Cehegin

GEOGRAPHIC LOCALIZATION

PROVINCE	Murcia
TOWNSHIP	Cehegín

MACROSCOPIC DESCRIPTION

Fine grain limestone, varying reddish tones and abundant white and greyish veins.

MINERAL COMPOSITION

ESSENTIAL MINERALS	ACCESORY MINERALS
Calcite.	Clay minerals.

MICROSCOPIC DESCRIPTION

Biommicrite with some fossils.

PHYSICO-MECHANICAL PROPERTIES

BULK SPECIFIC GRAVITY	2,69 g/cm3
APPARENT POROSITY	0,20%
ABSORPTION COEFFICIENT	0,01%
COMPRESSION STRENGTH	1.231 Kg/cm2
BENDING STRENGTH	90 Kg/cm2
C. STRENGTH AFTER FREEZING TEST	1.148 Kg/cm2
FRICTIONAL WEAR TEST	3,21 mm
IMPACT TEST	35 cm

Rojo Coralito

GEOGRAPHIC LOCALIZATION

PROVINCE	Murcia
TOWNSHIP	Abanilla

MACROSCOPIC DESCRIPTION

Fine grain limestone, reddish colour with abundant white calcite veins.

MINERAL COMPOSITION

ESSENTIAL MINERALS	ACCESORY MINERALS
Calcite.	Opaques.

MICROSCOPIC DESCRIPTION

Poligonal crystals, reddish coloured, in a micrite matrix with fossils, form this rock.

PHYSICO-MECHANICAL PROPERTIES

BULK SPECIFIC GRAVITY	2,69 g/cm3
APPARENT POROSITY	0,20%
ABSORPTION COEFFICIENT	0,10%
COMPRESSION STRENGTH	1.563 Kg/cm2
BENDING STRENGTH	188 Kg/cm2
C. STRENGTH AFTER FREEZING TEST	-
FRICTIONAL WEAR TEST	2,81 mm
IMPACT TEST	35 cm

Rojo Ereño

GEOGRAPHIC LOCALIZATION

PROVINCE	Vizcaya
TOWNSHIP	Ereño

MACROSCOPIC DESCRIPTION

Fine grain rock with reddish colour, white veins and fossil remains.

MINERAL COMPOSITION

ESSENTIAL MINERALS	ACCESORY MINERALS
99% Calcite.	Opaques.

MICROSCOPIC DESCRIPTION

Micritic matrix with many fossils.

PHYSICO-MECHANICAL PROPERTIES

BULK SPECIFIC GRAVITY	2,71 g/cm3
APPARENT POROSITY	0,37%
ABSORPTION COEFFICIENT	0,13%
COMPRESSION STRENGTH	739 Kg/cm2
BENDING STRENGTH	187 Kg/cm2
C. STRENGTH AFTER FREEZING TEST	769 Kg/cm2
FRICTIONAL WEAR TEST	3,10 mm
IMPACT TEST	45 cm

Rojo Vaquero

GEOGRAPHIC LOCALIZATION

PROVINCE	Granada
TOWNSHIP	Salar

MACROSCOPIC DESCRIPTION

Breccius limestone of variable reddish cream colour.

MINERAL COMPOSITION

ESSENTIAL MINERALS	ACCESORY MINERALS
Calcite.	Clay minerals.

MICROSCOPIC DESCRIPTION

Micrite with lamellibrancial remains and sparitic intraclasts.

PHYSICO-MECHANICAL PROPERTIES

BULK SPECIFIC GRAVITY	2,70 g/cm3
APPARENT POROSITY	0,20%
ABSORPTION COEFFICIENT	0,07%
COMPRESSION STRENGTH	551 Kg/cm2
BENDING STRENGTH	133 Kg/cm2
C. STRENGTH AFTER FREEZING TEST	493 Kg/cm2
FRICTIONAL WEAR TEST	2,48 mm
IMPACT TEST	40 cm