Item Details
Quarry Location:
Äskered, Halmstad, Hallands Laen
Water Absorption:
0.1 %
Density:
2650 kg/m³
Flexural Strength:
21.7 MPa
Compressive Strength:
191 MPa
Recommended Usage:
Counter tops and bar tops, Interior wall panels, Monuments, stairs, pavers, pool copings, Water walls
Finishing Surface:
Polished, Sawn Cut, Sanded, Rockfaced, Sandblasted, Tumbled
Additional Names:
Askered Granite, Eskered Granite, Halmstad Granit, Halmstadt Granite, Nordlandfindling Granite, Ostsee Rot Granit, Ostseefelsen Granite, Ostseerot, Roter Spaltgranit, Getinge Granite, Aeskered Red Granite, Aeskered Granite
Description:
BORARP GRANITE (GNEJS)
Technical properties Standard Unit
Compressive strength EN 1926 MPa 191
Flexural strength EN 12372 MPa 21,7
Abrasion resistance, Boehme DIN 52 108 1) cm3/50 cm2 5,0
Abrasion resistance, Boehme EN 14157 2) mm3 5045
Water absorption EN 13755 weight % 0,1
Apparent density EN 1936 kg/m3 2680
Breaking load at dowel holes EN 13364 N 4350
Slip resistance, honed surface EN 14231 SRV, dry 49
Slip resistance, honed surface EN 14231 SRV, wet 12
Rupture energy, Thickness: 21 mm EN 14158 J 3,0
Petrographic composition EN 12407*
Quartz % 41
Potassium feldspar % 26
Plagioclase % 22
Amphibole % 8
Tested by SP, Swedish National Testing and Research Institute
* Only main components
1) Based on thickness measurement
2) Based on weight measurement