Buxy Gris Jaune Cendré Stone
Buxy Gris Jaune Cendré
Burgundy limestone
Nature
Crinoidal biocalcarenite, Middle Jurassic, Aalenian stage
Appearance
Compact cheese with tight and fine grains on a gray-yellow-ash background
Origin
Buxy (France)
40 km from Beaune
Labeled Indication Géographique (IG)
Recommended uses
Flooring: Outdoor and Indoor public moderate traffic
Thin wall covering: Glued, Attached, Exterior elevation, Exterior band and support, Exterior basement, Exterior crowning
Solid wall: Outdoor cladding, Outdoor spouts, Outdoor listels, Outdoor sills, Outdoor plinths, Outdoor cornices
Finishes available
Honed, roughened, bossed, bush-hammered, flamed, brushed
Technical characteristics
Apparent Density: 2500 to 2700 kg/m3 (NF EN 1936)
Open Porosity: 1 to 4% (NF EN 1936)
Resistance to fixing (3cm) TYPE I: 1600 to 2200 N (NF EN 13364)
Compressive Strength: 90 to 130 MPa (NF EN 772-1)
Flexural Strength: 11 to 15 MPa (NF EN 12372)
Abrasion Resistance: 21 to 25 mm (NF EN 14157)
Capillarity Coefficent C1: 3 to 5 g.m-2.s-1/2 (NF EN 772-11)
Capillarity Coefficent C2: 2 to 4 g.m-2.s-1/2 (NF EN 772-11)
Slip resistance - dry environment: 70 to 90 Flamed (NF EN 14231)
Slip resistance – wet environment: 60 to 75 Flamed (NF EN 14231)