Moleanos Blue Limestone Tiles, Slabs

Description: Moleanos Azul is a greyish-beige to bluish-grey limestone, coarsely calciclastic and fairly bioclastic, little oolitic, with calcitic nodules and abundantly spathized. It is a very versatile rock and has high hardness.

Also known as: Gascoigne Azul Limestone/ Moleanos Azul / Gascoigne Blue / Vidraço Moleanos / Gascogne Blue / Moleanos Blue /Azul Moleanos

Recommended Use: Wall and floor coverings, exterior and interior, preferably interior.

Physico-mechanical characteristics:

Compressive strength:                                              1690 kg/cm2 (166 Mpa)

Compressive strength after frost test:                        1650 kg/cm2 (162 Mpa)

Bending strength:                                                        147 kg/cm2 (14.4 Mpa)

Apparent density:                                                                            2650 kg/m3

Water absorption at atmospheric pressure:                                         0.8 %

Open porosity:                                                                                       2.1%

Thermal linear expansion coefficient (maximum value):           3.9 X 10 -6 /ºC

Abrasion resistance (Amsler-Laffon):                                                3.7 mm

Impact test - minimum fall height:                                                        25 cm

 

Notes: No colour or structural changes on the samples were noticed after the 25 freeze-thawing cycles carried out