Item Details
Quarry Location:
Vardåsen & Malerød, Vestfold
Water Absorption:
0.08 % weight
Density:
2730 kg/m3
Flexural Strength:
10.0 - 11.5 MPa
Compressive Strength:
226 MPa
Recommended Usage:
Countertops, monuments, mosaic, exterior - interior wall and floor applications, fountains, pool and
Finishing Surface:
Polished, Sawn Cut, Sanded, Rockfaced, Sandblasted, Tumbled
Additional Names:
Lundhs Royal Silk Granite, Lundhs Royal Blue Granite, Lundhs Royal Vardaesen Granite, Lundhs Royal Maleroed Granite, Lundhs Blue Pearl Granite, Lundhs Royal Granite
Description:
Technical Properties Standard Mean Values
stone name: ns-en 12407 monzonite (larvikite)
structure: coarse grained
texture: oriented feldspar crystals with lustre
compressive strength: ns-en 1926 226 mpa
flexural strength: ns-en 12372 11.5 mpa
flexural strength: ns-en 12371 10.0 mpa
(after 48 frost cycles)
abrasion resistance, b?hme: din 52 1081 6.9 cm3/50 cm2
abrasion resistance, b?hme: ns-en 14157 (b)2 6811 mm3
abrasion resistance, wide wheel: ns-en 14157 (a)3 16.0 mm
water absorption: ns-en 13755 0.08% weight
apparent density: ns-en 1936 2730 kg/m3
open porosity: ns-en 1936 0.2%
breaking load at dowel holes: ns-en 13364 3200 n
slip resistance: ns-en 14231 54 srv (dry)
(honed surface) 8 srv (wet)
rupture energy, thickness 30 mm: ns-en 14158 4.3 j
resistance to ageing
by thermal shock: ns-en 14066 no visual changes. no weight loss
petrographic composition: ns-en 12407 feldspar 85%
pyroxene 4%
olivine 1%
amphibole 3%
nepheline 3%
magnetite 3%
apatite <1%
biotite 1%