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ORIGIN
Location
Jardes town, Vienne county (France), 300 km South-West of Paris.

 Description
Sedimentary stone.
Jurassic secondary era. Bathonian stratum. 160 million years Limestone oolitic off-white or beige with round medium-sized grains.

Other appellation
Brétigny

USES 
Main uses
Flooring
Wall cladding
Dimension stone works – Ashlar

Finitions courantes
Textures
Polish
Honed
Antic

Physical properties

Apparent density 2540 kg/m3 
Porosity C97 6,1 % 
Sound velocity 4746 m/s 
Abrasion resistance 31,9 mm 
Compressive strength C170 47,5 MPa 
Freezing cycles 156 cycles

 

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