Cream to light cream limestone, dominantly fine to medium grained and sometimes with brownish spots, essentially calciclastic, with oöliths and bioclasts and sparitic cement.
- Compression breaking load 950 kg/cm2
- Compression breaking load after freezing test 820 kg/cm2
- Bending strength 128 kg/cm2
- Volumetric weight 2400 kg/m3
- Water absorption at N.P. conditions 4.1%
- Apparent porosity 9.4 %
- Thermal linear expansion coefficient max. val. 5.7 x 10 -6 perº C
- Abrasion test 4.8 mm
- Impact test: minimum fall height 35 cm
Obs. Frost resistance is 48 freeze-thawing cycles. Given the thickness of the layers and the variability of the unit (mainly with depth), softer varieties may occur.