Salisbury Pink Granite From United States

Salisbury Pink Granite From United States

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Synonyms: Bethel Pink, Pink Salisbury, Salesbury, Salisburg Pink, Salisbury

Origin: USA, Salisbury, Rowan County, North Carolina

Technical and physical characteristics
Bulk density: 2,72 - 2,75 kg/dm³
Bending strength: 13,05 - 13,44 N/mm²
Compression breaking load: 185,4 - 188,4 N/mm²
Water absorption: 0,42 -,046 weight-%

This stone internationally may be nominated as a granite however in the area of application of the European Standard (EN) this stone must be nominated as granite.

A medium-grained, pink granite

Granite: Granite is a common and widely occurring type of intrusive, felsic, igneous rock. Granites are usually medium to coarse grained, occasionally with some individual crystals larger than the groundmass forming a rock known as porphyry. Granites can be pink to dark gray or even black, depending on their chemistry and mineralogy.

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