Purbeck Thornback
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About
Material Type: Limestone
Origin:
United Kingdom
(Isle of Purbeck, a peninsula in south-east Dorset)

Priamry Color(s): Beige
Recommended Usage:Building stone, fireplaces, stairs, sinks, monuments, pool coping, sills, ornamental stone, mosaic,
Additional Names:Purbeck Stone,Purbeck Thornback Limestone
Finished Surface:Sawn Cut, Sanded, Rockfaced, Sandblasted, Bushhammered, Tumbled, Thermalled, Natural Cleft, Weatheredge
Testing
Water Absorption:1.070 by weight %
Density:2553.3 Kg/m3
Flexural Strength:15.78 MPa
Compressive Strength:119.89 MPa
Description
Compressive Strength 119.89 Mpa
Flexural Strength 15.78 Mpa
Porosity (BRE 141) 5.80 % by volume
Porosity (CEN) 5.89 % by volume
Saturation Coefficient 0.513
Water Absorption 1.070 % by weight
Water Absorption (CEN) 1.166 % by weight
Bulk Specific Gravity 2553.3 kilograms per cubic metre
Apparent Density (CEN) 2547.7 kilograms per cubic metre
Crystallisation -0.07 % wt
Abrasion 24.5 mm
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