Branco Estremoz

<img style="margin: 0px 0px 20px 20px; clear: left; float: right;" alt="Branco Estremoz" src="/public/images/branco_estremoz.jpg" height="400" width="400">
<h3>Branco Estremoz</h3>
Origin: Portugal
Type: Marble
&nbsp;
<h4>Macroscopic Description</h4>
Rock with granoblastic roughly equigranular texture, showing slight deformation&nbsp;<h4>Petrographic Description</h4>White marble slightly rose and grey veined, fine grained.
&nbsp;
<h4>Physico-Mechanical Properties</h4>
&nbsp;
<ul>
<li>Compression Breaking Load: 960 Kg/cm2</li>
<li>Compression Breaking Load after Freezing Test: 767 Kg/cm2</li>
<li>Bending Strength: 276 Kg/cm2</li>
<li>Volumetric Weight: 2711 Kg/m3</li>
<li>Water Absorption: 0,07%</li>
<li>Apparent Porosity: 0,18%</li>
<li>Thermal Linear Expansion Coefficient: 11,5 (10^6 per ºC)</li>
<li>Abrasion Test: 3,4 mm</li>
<li>Impact Test: 57,5 cm</li>
</ul>
&nbsp;
<h4>Chemical Properties</h4>
&nbsp;
<ul>
<li>Al2O3: 0,37%</li>
<li>CaO: 54,82%</li>
<li>Fe2O3: 0,08%</li>
<li>K2O: 0,25%</li>
<li>MgO: 0,36%</li>

<li>Na2O: 0,07%</li>
<li>P. R.: 43,07%</li>
<li>SiO2: 1,21%</li>
</ul>
&nbsp;
<h4>Microscopical Properties</h4>
&nbsp;
<ul>
<li>Calcite: 99%</li>
<li>Quartz: 1%</li>
</ul>
&nbsp;

Origin: Portugal

Type: Marble

Macroscopic Description

Rock with granoblastic roughly equigranular texture, showing slight deformation

Petrographic Description

White marble slightly rose and grey veined, fine grained.

Physico-Mechanical Properties

Compression Breaking Load: 960 Kg/cm2
Compression Breaking Load after Freezing Test: 767 Kg/cm2
Bending Strength: 276 Kg/cm2
Volumetric Weight: 2711 Kg/m3
Water Absorption: 0,07%
Apparent Porosity: 0,18%
Thermal Linear Expansion Coefficient: 11,5 (10^6 per ºC)
Abrasion Test: 3,4 mm
Impact Test: 57,5 cm

Chemical Properties

Al2O3: 0,37%
CaO: 54,82%
Fe2O3: 0,08%
K2O: 0,25%
MgO: 0,36%
Na2O: 0,07%
P. R.: 43,07%
SiO2: 1,21%

Microscopical Properties

Calcite: 99%
Quartz: 1%

Search