Lens Stone
Lens
Limestone from Languedoc-Roussillon
Nature
Oolitic limestone, Lower Cretaceous, Barremian stage
Appearance
Creamy white background, fine grains and thin crystalline lamellae
Origin
Moulezan (Gard)
20 km from Nîmes
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, chiselled, brushed
Technical characteristics
Apparent Density: 2200 to 2300 kg / m3 (NF EN 1936)
Open Porosity: 8 to 15% (NF EN 1936)
Resistance to fixing (3cm) TYPE I: 1600 to 1900 N (NF EN 13364)
Compressive strength: 35 to 50 MPa (NF EN 772-1)
Flexural Strength: 6 to 9 MPa (NF EN 12372)
Abrasion Resistance: 28 to 32 mm (NF EN 14157)
Capillarity Coefficent C1: 50 to 70 g.m-2.s-1/2 (NF EN 772-11)
Capillarity Coefficent C2: 50 to 75 g.m-2.s-1/2 (NF EN 772-11)
Slip resistance-dry environment: 50 to 55 Sawn (NF EN 14231)
Slip resistance-dry environment: 50 to 55 Sawn (NF EN 14231)
