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Gascogne Beige Limestone

Gascogne Beige Limestone is a kind of medium grey to light creamy beige limestone quarried in Portugal. This stone is especially good for Exterior - Interior wall and floor applications, countertops, mosaic, fountains, pool and wall capping and other design projects. It also called Gascoigne Beige Limestone,Vidraco de Molianos Creme Limestone,Moleanos Beige Limestone,Chatel Limestone Limestone,Calcario Creme de Moleanos,Moleanos Cream Limestone,Moleanos Creme,Monta Creme,Vidraco de Moleanos Creme,Calcario Roche de Montagne,Fonjone Limestone,Alexandra Beige Limestone,Calcare Gascogne . Gascogne Beige Limestone can be processed into Honed, Aged, Polished, Sawn Cut, Sanded, Rockfaced, Sandblasted, Bushhammered, Tumbled and so on.

Data on Gascogne Beige Limestone

Catalog: Limestone

Color: Beige

Origin:

Portugal

Quarry Location:Alcobaca, Leiria, Estremadura

Water Absorption:1.73 By weight %

Density:2567 kg/m3

Flexural Strength:10.3 MPa

Compressive Strength:93.4 MPa

Recommended Usage:Exterior - Interior wall and floor applications, countertops, mosaic, fountains, pool and wall capping

Finishing Surface:Honed, Aged, Polished, Sawn Cut, Sanded, Rockfaced, Sandblasted, Bushhammered, Tumbled

Additional Names:Gascoigne Beige Limestone,Vidraco De Molianos Creme Limestone,Moleanos Beige Limestone,Chatel Limestone Limestone,Calcario Creme De Moleanos,Moleanos Cream Limestone,Moleanos Creme,Monta Creme,Vidraco De Moleanos Creme,Calcario Roche De Montagne,Fonjone Limestone,Alexandra Beige Limestone,Calcare Gascogne

Description

Gascogne beige has a base colour of medium grey to light creamy beige. The stone is quarried from a seam where iron oxide has added some yellow pigmentation.
The brown fossils contrast with the creamy background and bring warmth.

Neutral and durable, Gascogne beige limestone can be used in many applications, commercial and residential.

PHISICAL-MECHANICAL PROPERTIES
Compression Breaking Load: 1689 Kg/cm2
Compression B.L. after Freezing Test: 1648 Kg/cm2
Bending Strength: 209 Kg/cm2
Volumetric Weigth: 2647 Kg/m3
Water Absorption: 0,81 %
Apparent Porosity: 2,14 %
Thermal Linear Expansion Coefficient: 3,9 10^6 per oC
Abrasion Test: 3,7 mm
Impact Test: 25 cm
Freeze-Defreeze cycles (no alteration after): 48 cycles
MICROSCOPIC PROPERTIES
Calcite: 100 %
CHEMICAL ANALYSIS
Al2O3: 0,51%
CaO: 55,58%
Fe2O3: 0,60%
K2O: 0,01%
MgO: 0,06%
Na2O: 0,06%
P.R.: 41,87%
SiO2: 0,50%
CO2: 43,62%