Negro Extremadura

Granite of thin grain and dark color, extracted in Burguillos's pluton. Good mining and reserves. All kinds of uses.

Characteristic Generales:

- Origin: Burguillos del Cerro
- Province: Badajoz
- Colour: Black

  • Petrographic description: Amphibole biotite quartz diorite
  • Grain size: Thin
  • Opened porosity ( %): 0,3
  • Apparent density ( Kg/m3): 2930
  • Resistance to the graze ( mm): 19,5
  • Resistance to the compression ( MPa): 160
  • Resistance to the concentrated load deflection (MPa): 17,5
  • Microhardness knoop ( Mpa): 2293
  • Resistance to shock (cm): 34
  • Water absorption for capillarity (g/m” · s0,5): 0,110
  • Resistance to ice ( % variation flexion after cycles ): 0
  • Resistance to the crystallization of salts (Mass variation): 0,09
  • Water Absorption under atmospheric pressure ( %): 0,1
  • Break charge (N): 2300