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

Ulldecona

GEOGRAPHIC LOCALIZATION

PROVINCE	Tarragona
TOWNSHIP	Ulldecona

MACROSCOPIC DESCRIPTION

Fine grain rock, yellowish colour with fossil remains.

MINERAL COMPOSITION

ESSENTIAL MINERALS	ACCESORY MINERALS
Calcite.	Opaques, clay minerals.

MICROSCOPIC DESCRIPTION

High percentage of fossils in a sparitic matrix and nodules of clayey minerals.

PHYSICO-MECHANICAL PROPERTIES

BULK SPECIFIC GRAVITY	2,58 g/cm3
APPARENT POROSITY	0,60%
ABSORPTION COEFFICIENT	0,60%
COMPRESSION STRENGTH	979 Kg/cm2
BENDING STRENGTH	269 Kg/cm2
C. STRENGTH AFTER FREEZING TEST	952 Kg/cm2
FRICTIONAL WEAR TEST	2,71 mm
IMPACT TEST	45 cm