Norwegian Rose - Standard

Producer: Norwegian Rose as, Fauske - Norway

Norwegian Rose marble, with its unique colour and pattern, is one of Norway's most famous
building stones and renowned through the world.
Used for decoration, such as for tabletops, mantelpieces, and bathroom floors and walls, to name
but a few purposes, this beautiful and durable marble fully deserves the worldwide reputation
it continues to enjoy.

Norwegian Rose - Standard have the following visual properties:

1. choice

The distribution of pattern, pattern size, pattern colour is evenly spread throughout the block.
Classic Norwegian Rose marble, which is brown-red, pink, light grey and white.

2. choice

The distribution of pattern, pattern size, pattern colour may have some variation throughout the block.
No big deviance from the classic Norwegian Rose marble, which is brown-red, pink, light grey and
white, but it in addition this quality may have some black, brown and green colouring.

Technical qualities:

Table 1.

Test no

Specific gravity
[g/cm³]

Water absorption weight
[%]

Bending strength [N/mm²]

Compressive strength
[N/mm²]

2,76

2,75

2,76

0,08

0,09

0,10

0,11

11,8

13,2

12,6

13,9

11,4

121,4

91,9

84,8

78,6

116,8

Average

2,76

0,09

12,6

98,7

Table 2. Thermal growth [10^-6 / �C]

Test- cycle	Test no. 1				Test no. 2
	23 �C to 70 �C		23 �C to -20 �C		23 �C to 70 �C		23 �C to -20 �C
	�	average	�	average	�	average	�	average
1	8,3	8,3	1,8	1,8	6,9	6,9	1,3	1,4
2	8,2		1,7		6,8		1,4

The tested Norwegian Rose sample has a thermal growth of 4,1 x 10-6 / �C in a temperature range between -20 �C to +70 �C

Table 3.

Test- piece	Abrasion in mm after				Weight loss in gram after
	1000 RPM		2000 RPM		1000 RPM		2000 RPM
		average		average		average		average
1	3,46	3,35	6,78	6,71	37,44	35,99	72,61	71,52
2	3,23		6,64		34,53		70,42

The tested Norwegian Rose sample has the following abrasion characteristic after ASTM D1242-87: 6,7 mm