Silverstar Granite
About
Item Details
- Material Type:
- Granite
- Origin:
France (Carrières Plo, Saint-Salvy-de-la-Balme (Tarn)) - Primary Color(s):
- Grey
- Recommended Usage:
- Exterior, Interior wall and floor applications, monuments, countertops, mosaic, fountains, pool and wall copping
- Additional Names:
- Clair Du Tarn Granite, Tarn Clair, Du Tarn Granite, Granit Du Tarn, Silver Star Granite, Silverstar Gray Granite, Silverstar Granite
- Finished Surface:
- Polished, Sawn Cut, Sanded, Rockfaced, Sandblasted, Tumbled
Testing
- Water Absorption:
- 0.34 %
- Density:
- 2650 kg/m3
- Flexural Strength:
- 14.7 MPa
- Compressive Strength:
- 221.0 MPa
Description
Recommended Uses: Countertops, Pavers, veneer, stair blocks, quoins, coping/caps, curbs, sills/lintels, drain grates, carved objects, columns, sinks/tubs, slabs, cobblestones
Finishing Surface: Polished, Pineapple, Honed, Aged, Sawn Cut, Sanded, Point Stalk, Rockfaced, Sandblasted, Bushhammered, Tumbled, Weatheredge.
Testing by LERM and CTMNC in June 2012 and valid only on the material
- True density 2650 kg/m3 NF EN 1936
- Porosity 0.3 % NF EN 1936
- Flexion 14.7 MPa EN 12373
- Coefficient of absorption. . .1 G EN 772-11
- Abrasion metal 19.5 mm NF EN 14157
- Compression unaxiale. . . ..221 MPa NF EN 1926
- Ties resistance. . . .2160 N NF EN 13364
- Sound velocity 3.96 km / s NF EN 14579
- Direct Freeze thaw. . .non-freezing, no visible degradation after more than 168 cycles NF EN 12371
- Slip measured SRT pendulum
Sec 92 EN 14231
Humid. . . 77 EN 14231
LERM: Laboratory studies and research on materials
CTMNC: Technical Centre for Construction of natural materials

















