Santiago Red Granite From Ukraine

Santiago Red Granite From Ukraine

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Synonyms: Kapustiansk, Kapustin, Kapustinskij, Korall, Korallo, Rosso Korall, Rosso Santiago, Santia Red, Santiago, Santiago Red

Origin: Ukraine, Kapustjanske, Nowoukrainka, Kirovograd region

Technical and physical characteristics
Bulk density: 2,700 kg/dm³
Bending strength: 18 N/mm²
Compression breaking load: 165 N/mm²
Abrasion resistance: 4,5 - 8,9 cm³/50cm²
Water absorption: 0,22%
Frost resistant
Polish constant

This stone internationally may be nominated as a granite however in the area of application of the European Standard (EN) this stone must be nominated as granite.

A coarse to very coarse-grained, red granite

Granite: Granite is a common and widely occurring type of intrusive, felsic, igneous rock. Granites are usually medium to coarse grained, occasionally with some individual crystals larger than the groundmass forming a rock known as porphyry. Granites can be pink to dark gray or even black, depending on their chemistry and mineralogy.