Item Details
Quarry Location:
Fazenda Cruz das Almas, Santa Quiteria, Ceara
Water Absorption:
0.25 %
Density:
2602 kg/m³
Flexural Strength:
13.90 MPa
Compressive Strength:
164.10 - 172.4 MPa
Recommended Usage:
Countertops, mosaic, exterior - interior wall and floor applications, fountains, pool and wall capping, stairs, window sills
Finishing Surface:
Polished, Sawn Cut, Sanded, Rockfaced, Sandblasted, Tumbled
Additional Names:
Branco Santa Quiteria Granite, Ceara White Granite, White Ceara Granite Granite, Venus White Hemp Granite, Venus White Granite, in China stone market:维纳斯白麻(Wéi nà sī bái má), Branco Ceara
Description:
PHYSICAL TESTING
Water absorption (%) 0,25**
Specific gravity [relative density compared with water at 4 o C (39.20 F)] 2,602**
Compressive strength (Kfg/cm2) 1,641**
Coefficient of linear thermal expansion (0,001 mm / C) 9,8**
PETROGRAPHIC AND MINERALOGICAL ANALYSIS
Mineralogical Composition (%)
Albite (as clevelandite) 55-65
Microcline (rarely as amazonite) 10-15
Quartz [pebblestone (euhedral crystals) 20-25
ABRASION TEST (mm)
1000 m 0,65**
500 m 10-15
* Testing conducted by the United States Testing Company, Inc. - Tulsa Oklahoma USA, according to ASTM C 97 - 83 (1988), 170 -87 C, 241 C - 85 C and 880, respectively ** Testing performed by IPT - Technological Research Institute of Sao Paulo State - Brazil, according to ASTME 228-71 (1979) and ABNT NBR 6481 standards.
Mica (muscovite and zinnwaldite) 05
Fluorite 05
Topaz, cassiterite, apatite, opaque and others Tracos