| | Country: Portugal |
| Other names: Rosa de Arronches |
Petrographic description: Rock with granular hypidiomorphic texture. |
Macroscopic description: Coarse grained homogeneous porphyroid granite, with a light rosy colour determined by the tonality of the feldspar megacrystals that stand out from a greyish white matrix containing dark grains. |
| Phisical-Mechanical Properties: | | | Compression Breaking Load | 1335.00 Kg/cm2 | | Compression B.L. after FT | 1527.00 Kg/cm2 | | Bending Strength | 120.00 Kg/cm2 | | Volumetric Weight | 2632.00 Kg/m3 | | Water Absorption | 0.15 % | | Apparent Porosity | 0.40 % | | Thermal Lin.Expans.Coef. | 9.30 10^6perēC | | Abrasion Test | 0.40 mm | | Impact Test | 57.50 cm | | | | Chemical Analysis: | | | Al2O3 | 14.73 | | CaO | 1.74 | | Fe2O3 | 2.74 | | H2O+ | 0.24 | | K2O | 4.43 | | MgO | 0.67 | | MnO | 0.03 | | Na2O | 3.87 | | P2O5 | 0.06 | | SiO2 | 71.72 | | TiO2 | 0.23 | | H2O- | 0.18 |
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