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Dholpur Beige Honed Sandstone
- Sandstone is an excellent building stone. Sandstone slabs and sandstone tiles are used as flooring or paving material, in both interior & exterior Applications. Sandstone is ideal for carving and architectural uses such as pillars, arches, garden furniture, fountains, landscaping products and stone arts & crafts.
- Sandstone is a sedimentary stone that is typically the result of quartzite stone being eroded and redeposited by either wind or water.
- Sandstone mostly consists of quartz, silica, iron oxide and calcium carbonate.
- Sandstones are durable, weather, acid and thermal resistant and have crushing strength.
- They come in many colors, shades and can be chiseled and dressed to a smooth surface in various attractive shapes.
- Sandstones are most highly craft able and manageable, they can at most take a honed polish, and are used as garden and commercial landscapes, exterior wall claddings, panels, pillars, sculptures, arches.
- Cobbles of Sandstones are also very popular.
Description
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Mines at
Sarmathura, district Karoli, Rajasthan, North West India. Technical Specifications
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Compressive Strength
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After Freezing
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Water Absorp.
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Bulk Density
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Modulus of Rupture
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1150 kg/cm2
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1060 kg/cm2
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1.82%
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2360 kg/cm2
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180 kg/cm2
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Modulus of Rupture
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Abrasion
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130 kg/cm2
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2.9mm
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Available in Forms
Available in form of blocks, slabs and tiles, cobbles. Finishes - Natural Cleft both faces , One side Honed, Both sides Honed, Hand Cut/Machine Cut/Gangsaw Cut, Honed Polish, Calibrated, Bullnosed, Rivetted.
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