Creme com Veios Rosa

Marble

Creme com Veios Rosa

Marble

Medium grained calcite marble with granoblastic texture, beige with rosy, brownish and, sometimes, greyish small veins.

Other Names
Creme Venado, Creme Estremoz – Nomenclature EN 12440
Petrographic Classification
Marble
Occurrence
Santa Maria, Estremoz
Origin
Évora
Common Uses
Exteriors and interiors.
Available Reserves
Abundant
Source
Moura, A. C., & Carvalho, C. (2007). Mármores e calcários ornamentais de Portugal. Gestão de Artes Gráficas SA, Amadora. - http://www.lneg.pt/download/7310/index.html

Properties

  • Compression breaking load
    93 Mpa
  • Compression breaking load after freezing test
    86 Mpa
  • Bending strength
    19,3 Mpa
  • Volumetric weigth
    2710 kg/m3
  • Water absorption at N.P. conditions
    0,1 %
  • Aparent porosity
    0,2 %
  • Thermal linear expansion coeficient
    10,5 X 10 -6 perº C
  • Abrasion test (Amsler-Laffon_Cappon)
    2,2 / 20 mm
  • Impact test: minimum fall height
    45 cm
  • Note: After 25 frost-defrost cycles the test pieces did not present any modifications in colour or structure.

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Processing
Extraction