REINHARDTSDORFER SANDSTONE -Bh-

REINHARDTSDORFER SANDSTEIN -Bh- (sculpture material) is a material selected for its color and structure, with a predominantly yellowish basic color. Its fine-grainedness and siliceous bonding as well as its good workability offer excellent conditions for the realization of the most demanding stonemasonry and especially sculpture works.

REINHARDTSDORFER SANDSTONE is frost and weather resistant and is primarily used for copies of sculptures and ornaments, but also in fountain construction. For example, the figurative works at the Sanssouci Palace and Park, the Dresden Zwinger and the Berlin Palace (Humboldt Forum) are among the outstanding references in REINHARDTSDORFER SANDSTONE.

Trade name: Reinhardtsdorfer SANDSTEIN
Petrographic family: Sedimentary rock
Petrographic name: Sandstone / Elbsandstein / Quartzarenite
Geological age: Cretaceous / Middle Turonian / Labiatussandstein
Origin: Germany / Saxony / Reinhardtsdorf

Bulk density (according to DIN EN 1936): Mean value 2,080 kg/m³
Compressive strength (according to DIN EN 1926): Mean value 61 Mpa (perpendicular to the anisotropy plane)
Flexural strength (according to DIN EN 12372): Mean value 4.9 Mpa (perpendicular to the anisotropy plane)
Water absorption (according to DIN EN 13755): Mean value 7.4 M-% (under atmospheric pressure)
Anchor failure (according to DIN EN 13364): Mean value > 1,450 N (type IIa, d = 50 mm)
Open porosity (according to DIN EN 1936): Mean value 21.5
Frost resistance (according to DIN EN 12371): yes, scale "0" (mean value mass loss 0.02 %, after 56 freeze-thaw cycles)