Limestone St Martin Belle Roche
The limestone St Martin Belle Roche is a sedimentary rock, a hard and fine coarse up to mean coarse limestone with beige up to light pink color. Its dotted appearance is due to fossils.
The limestone St Martin Belle Roche presents a great similarity with the limestone of St Baudille which is no longer exploited as an ornamental rock.
Physical properties of St Martin Belle Roche :
Density : 2620 kg/m3
Porosity : 1.1 %
Speed of sound propagation : 5675 m/s
Capillarity : 1 g/(m².S.0.5))
Abrasion : 27.00 mm
Compressive strength : 129.9 N /mm²
Slippage resistance of flamed - dry : 91 SVR
Slippage resistance of flamed - wet : 73 SVR
Freeze resistance : 240 cycles
Other names :
Rochebelle
Saint Albain
Senan
The limestone de St Martin Belle Roche was used in particular in :
LEVALLOIS-PERRET (France) Z.A.C. Front-de-Seine : 3500 m²
IVRY-SUR-SEINE (France) Place de l'Hôtel de Ville : 3000 m²
RUEIL-MALMAISON (France) Z.A.C. Rueil 2000 : 3000 m²
USES ADVICE :
* outside paving
* inside flooring and decorations
* cladding
* sculpture
* roadsystem
This prospect shows a natural material. The reproduced characteristics and colours are only indicative and cannot be considered as committing the manufacturer.