About
Material Type: Marble
Origin:
Italy
(Fasano, Provincia di Brindisi, Puglia)
Priamry Color(s): Beige
Recommended Usage:building stone, countertops, sinks, monuments, pool coping, sills, ornamental stone, interior - exterior wall and floor applications
Additional Names:Filetto Ionico Marble,Filetto Rosso Ionico Marmi,Filettato America Marble,Fileto Jonico Marble,Filletto Jonico Marble,Filetto Rosso Jonico Limestone,Piedra Filetto Rosso Jonico
Finished Surface:Polished,Bush Hammered,Tumbled,Brushed,Honed,Split,Machine Cut,Natural Surface,Sandblasted,Acid Washing,Combed,Leathered,Water Jet,Filled,Chiseled,Pickling
Testing
Water Absorption:0.38 - 0.43 By weight %
Density:2660 kg/m3
Flexural Strength:10.9 MPa
Compressive Strength:204 - 206.5 MPa
Description
Petrographic definition: marble (some uppliers called as limestone)
Massa Unit Volume: 2660 Kg/m3
Water absorption: 0.43%
Compression breaking load Simple: 204 MPa
Compression breaking load after freezing: 207 MPa
Indirect Tensile Strength by bending 10.9 MPa
Coefficient corresponding Abrasion (referred to Granite St. Fedelino):
Impact resistance: minimum fall height: 26 cm
Coefficient of linear thermal expansion: 4.6 x 10-5 0C-1
Knoop microhardness: 1540 MPa
non-uniformity index of hardness: 1.12
Source: Politecnico di Torino