Materials
      
  Rosa Arronches
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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