Beige - Limestone
Quarry Location: Pé da Pedreira, Alcanede, Santarem and Porto de Mos, Leiria
Water Absorption: 3.5 %
Density: 2450 Kg/m3
Flexural Strength: 11.8 MPa
Compressive Strength: 79 MPa
Recommended Usage: wall and floor applications, countertops, mosaic, fountains, pool and wall capping, stairs, window sills
Finishing Surface: Polished, Bush Hammered, Tumbled, Brushed, Honed, Split, Machine Cut, Natural Surface, Acid Washing, Combed, Water Jet, Filled, Chiseled, Pickling
Additional Names: Creme Valinho Limestone, Caliza Moca Fátima Limestone, Creme Regina
Creme Regina Limestone is a fine grain cream beige background with darker veins and grains sedimentary rock.
PHISICAL-MECHANICAL PROPERTIES
Compression Breaking Load: 79 MPa
Bending Strength: 11,8 MPa
Volumetric Weigth: 2450 Kg/m3
Water Absorption: 3,5 %
Apparent Porosity: 9,4 %
Thermal Linear Expansion Coefficient: 3,4 10^6 per oC
Abrasion Test: 21,5 mm
Impact Test: 37,5 cm
Freeze-Defreeze cycles (no alteration after): 48 cycles
MICROSCOPIC PROPERTIES
Calcite: ~100 %
CHEMICAL ANALYSIS
Al2O3: 0,54%
CaO: 56,07%
CO2: 44,00%
Fe2O3: 0,07%
K2O: 0,01%
MgO: 0,37%
Na2O: 0,03%
P.R.: 43,60%