Beige - Marble
Quarry Location: Fasano, Provincia di Brindisi, Puglia
Water Absorption: 0.38 - 0.43 By weight %
Density: 2660 kg/m3
Flexural Strength: 10.9 MPa
Compressive Strength: 204 - 206.5 MPa
Recommended Usage: building stone, countertops, sinks, monuments, pool coping, sills, ornamental stone, interior - exterior wall and floor applications
Finishing Surface: Polished, Bush Hammered, Tumbled, Brushed, Honed, Split, Machine Cut, Natural Surface, Sandblasted, Acid Washing, Combed, Leathered, Water Jet, Filled, Chiseled, Pickling
Additional Names: Filetto Ionico Marble, Filetto Rosso Ionico Marmi, Filettato America Marble, Fileto Jonico Marble, Filletto Jonico Marble, Filetto Rosso Jonico Limestone, Piedra Filetto Rosso Jonico, Filetto Rosso Jonico Marble
Petrographic definition: marble (some uppliers called as limestone)
Massa Unit Volume: 2660 Kg/m3
Water absorption: 0.43%
Compression breaking load Simple: 204 MPa
Compression breaking load after freezing: 207 MPa
Indirect Tensile Strength by bending 10.9 MPa
Coefficient corresponding Abrasion (referred to Granite St. Fedelino):
Impact resistance: minimum fall height: 26 cm
Coefficient of linear thermal expansion: 4.6 x 10-5 0C-1
Knoop microhardness: 1540 MPa
non-uniformity index of hardness: 1.12
Source: Politecnico di Torino