Amazon Green

Amazon Green Quartzite, Amazonita Onyx, Brazil Marble

About

Material Type: Quartzite 

Origin:Brazil (Paraíba) 

Priamry Color(s): Green

Recommended Usage:Countertops, mosaic, exterior - interior wall and floor applications, fountains, pool and wall capping, stairs, window sills

Additional Names:Amazonic Green Quartzite,Amazon Blue Granite,Amazon Green Marble,Amazon Green Granite,Granito Verde Amazonas,Amazonite Granite,Amazzonite Granite,Amazonita Granite,Verde Paraíba,In China Stone Market:亚马逊绿(Yàmǎxùn Lǜ)

Testing

Water Absorption:0.53 % 

Density:2610 kg/m³ 

Flexural Strength:21.8 MPa 

Compressive Strength:74.2 MPa

Description

PHYSICAL TESTING 
Apparent density (dry) kg/m3 2.61 
Apparent density (saturated) kg/m3 2.62 
Apparent Porosity % 1,37 
Water absorption % 0,53 
Bending strength – Breaking strength (dry) (kgf/cm2) 0,218 
Uniaxial compression – Breaking strength (after freezing and thawing) kgf/m2 7,422 

hardness of 6.5 on the Mohs scale
PETROGRAPHIC AND MINERALOGICAL ANALYSIS 
Mineralogical Composition (%) 
Microcline (as amazonite) 81 
Plagioclase (albite) 8 
Quartz  11 
Opaque (magnetite) tra?os 
IMPACT RESISTANCE - HEIGHT OF DROP OF THE BALL (m)
None observed 0,40 
Crack 0,45 
Breaking 0,50

Material Type: Granite 

Origin:Brazil (Paraíba) 

Priamry Color(s): Green

Recommended Usage:exterior - interior wall and floor applications, monuments, countertops, mosaic, fountains, pool and wall capping, stairs, window sills

Additional Names:Amazon Green Granite,Verde Amazonas,Amazonite Granite,Amazzonite Granite,Amazonita Green Granite,In China Stone Market:亚马逊绿(Yàmǎxùn Lǜ)

Testing

Water Absorption:0.53 % 

Density:2610 kg/m³ 

Flexural Strength:21.8 MPa 

Compressive Strength:74.2 MPa

Description

PHYSICAL TESTING
Apparent density (dry) kg/m3 2.61
Apparent density (saturated) kg/m3 2.62
Apparent Porosity % 1,37
Water absorption % 0,53
Bending strength – Breaking strength (dry) (kgf/cm2) 0,218
Uniaxial compression – Breaking strength (after freezing and thawing) kgf/m2 7,422
PETROGRAPHIC AND MINERALOGICAL ANALYSIS
Mineralogical Composition (%)
Microcline (as amazonite) 81
Plagioclase (albite) 8
Quartz  11
Opaque (magnetite) tra?os
IMPACT RESISTANCE - HEIGHT OF DROP OF THE BALL (m)
None observed 0,40
Crack 0,45
Breaking 0,50

Material Type: Granite 

Origin:Brazil 

Priamry Color(s): Green

Recommended Usage:kitchen and bathroom countertops, monuments, stairs, building stone, ornamental stone, interior, exterior wall and floor applications, mosaic, waterjet pattern

Additional Names:Green Amazonita Granite,Amazon Green Granite,In China Stone Market:新亚马逊绿(Xīn Yàmǎxùn Lǜ)