Crema Marfil Marble Quarries, this Natural Stone is found in nature into large blocks, making it possible to be traded on slabs or cut tiles to the required length, supports all types of finished, polished, honed or unpolished. Is the best cream marble, internationally recognized, because its color richness, excellent polish, its excellent physical qualities and impact resistance combined with low water absorption coefficient.
Cream Marfil is one of the younger commercial marble in the market and the first important work in which it was used, was the Supreme Court of Washington (1928). Today Cream Marfil marble is the largest global production.
SPAIN’S MARBLES by IGME (Instituto Geológico y Minero de España)
Mineral Composition: Calcite, fossil remains. Dolomite, Opaques.
Microscopic Description: Rock formed by fossil remains, off and on filling of micrite, with a sparitic matrix.
Volumetric weight:
2,70 grs/cm3
Coefficient of absorption:
0,16%
Porosity:
0,1%
Compression strength:
683 kg/cm2
Flexure strength:
94 kg/cm2
C.Strength After Freezing Test:
691 kg/cm2
Friction wear resistance:
5,2 mm
Impact strength:
37,5 cm
Knoop microhardness:
181 kg/mm2