About
Material Type:
Slate
Origin:
Spain
((Villar del Rey, Badajoz))
Priamry Color(s):
Black
Recommended Usage:Building stone,countertops, sinks, monuments, pool coping, sills, ornamental stone, interior, exteri
Additional Names:Pizarra De Villar Del Rey,Pizarra Villar Del Rey,Villar Del Rey Slate
Finished Surface:Honed, Aged, Polished, Sawn Cut, Sanded, Rockfaced, Sandblasted, Bushhammered, Tumbled
Testing
Water
Absorption:0.63 By weight-%
Density:2730 kg/m³
Compressive
Strength:54.26 MPa
Description
It is a slate with a very smooth and homogeneous surface. There is constituted principally for sericita (70 %) and clorita (15 %). The quarry is one of the most ancient of Spain, and outcrop of slates locates on one vertical subvertical, that has more than 3000 m of longitudinal bullfight and almost 40 m of power. They belong to the unit of the Gévora, of age Devonian Superior.
General Caracteristics:
- Origin: Villar del Rey
- Province: Badajoz
- Colour: Intense black
Petrographic description: Sericite slate
Resistance to the flexion ( Mpa): 54,26
Water absorption (%) 0,13
Content(Contained) in carbonates (%) 0,68
Exhibition to the dioxide of Sulphur ( SO2) Code S1 (Without superficial change)
Test(Essay) of thermal cycle T1 (No change of aspect)
Item Details
Quarry Location:
(Villar del Rey, Badajoz)
Recommended Usage:
Building stone,countertops, sinks, monuments, pool coping, sills, ornamental stone, interior, exteri
Additional Names:
Pizarra De Villar Del Rey,Pizarra Villar Del Rey,Villar Del Rey Slate
Finished Surface:
Honed, Aged, Polished, Sawn Cut, Sanded, Rockfaced, Sandblasted, Bushhammered, Tumbled
Water Absorption:
0.63 By weight-%
Density:
2730 kg/m³
Compressive Strength:
54.26 MPa
Description
It is a slate with a very smooth and homogeneous surface. There is constituted principally for sericita (70 %) and clorita (15 %). The quarry is one of the most ancient of Spain, and outcrop of slates locates on one vertical subvertical, that has more than 3000 m of longitudinal bullfight and almost 40 m of power. They belong to the unit of the Gévora, of age Devonian Superior.
General Caracteristics:
- Origin: Villar del Rey
- Province: Badajoz
- Colour: Intense black
Petrographic description: Sericite slate
Resistance to the flexion ( Mpa): 54,26
Water absorption (%) 0,13
Content(Contained) in carbonates (%) 0,68
Exhibition to the dioxide of Sulphur ( SO2) Code S1 (Without superficial change)
Test(Essay) of thermal cycle T1 (No change of aspect)