Rosal

BACKGROUND

The Rosal is a beige limestone, showing fine to medium grain structure. This beige limestone has quite a uniform background, with a clouded grains structure. It can also be presented as vein-cut, though less common. Its main variations depend on the grain structure and more or less regular pattern.

The Rosal has been a limestone with huge demand in the past 10 years, being considering by many as a close alternative to either the Moca Cream limestone or Moleanos limestone.

TECHNICAL REPORT

Compression strength: 650 Kg/cm2; Flexural strength: 96 Kg/cm2; Open porosity: 12.3%

RECOMMENDED USE

The Rosal is an ideal limestone for exterior wall cladding applications, due to its color uniformity, large availability and fairly competitive pricing. It has been widely used on larger scale projects. This is also a limestone commonly found on wall coverings, diverse stonework and masonry.