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Creme do Mouro

Creme do Mouro

Origin: Portugal

Type: Marble

 

Macroscopic Description

Fine to medium grained rock with granoblastic texture

 

Petrographic Description

Fine grained white-yellow marble, sometimes showing brownish or greyish small veins.

 

Physico-Mechanical Properties

 

  • Compression Breaking Load: 912 Kg/cm2
  • Compression Breaking Load after Freezing Test: 785 Kg/cm2
  • Bending Strength: 240 Kg/cm2
  • Volumetric Weight: 2715 Kg/m3
  • Water Absorption: 0,07%
  • Apparent Porosity: 0,19%
  • Thermal Linear Expansion Coefficient: 16,3 (10^6 per ºC)
  • Abrasion Test: 2,5 mm
  • Impact Test: 55 cm

 

Chemical Properties

 

  • Al2O3: 0,96%
  • CaO: 53,67%
  • Fe2O3: 0,12%
  • K2O: 0,15%
  • MgO: 0,86%
  • MnO: 0,01%
  • Na2O: 0,06%
  • P. R.: 43,18%
  • SiO2: 1,2%

 

Microscopical Properties

 

  • Calcite: 99%
  • Others: 1%