Granite
Red granite (Imperial Red / Rosa Porriño)
A warm red granite — Imperial Red (India) or Rosa Porriño (Galicia, Spain) depending on supply. The hallmark choice for memorials when warmth is preferred to grey neutrality. Resilient and rich in tone.
Application
- · Memorials
- · Stairs
- · Exterior cladding
Finishes
- · Polished
- · Flamed
Technical data
Specifications for architects and contractors.
- Petrography
- Granite (high potassium feldspar content)
- Density
- 2.65–2.80 g/cm³
- Water absorption
- ≤ 0.40% (HRN EN 13755)
- Compressive strength
- 190–220 MPa (HRN EN 1926)
- Flexural strength
- 13–17 MPa (HRN EN 12372)
- Frost resistance
- F1 (HRN EN 12371)
- Slip resistance (R-class)
- R9 polished, R11 flamed
- CE / Standard
- HRN EN 1469 / 12058
Values are typical for the commercial class of the material. For slab-specific certificates (CE declaration of performance per HRN EN 1469), we issue documentation with delivery.
In use
Red granite (Imperial Red / Rosa Porriño) in architecture.
Completed works
From our project archive.
