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Bulk weight of rocks

Bulk weight or rock γ

Rock strength Rock category (examples) Bulk weight of rock γ
[kN/m3]
Solid rock most hard solid rock, intact, compact and  dense quartz rock and basalt, other extraordinary hard rocks 28,00 - 30,00
Highly hard rock very hard granit rock, quartz porphyry, very hard granite, hard flinty shale, quartzite, very hard sand rock and very hard cacite 26,00 - 27,00
Hard rock granite, very hard sandstone and calcite, quarzite lode, hard conglomerate, very hard ore, hard limestone, marble, dolomite, pyrite 25,00 - 26,00
Rock sandstone, ore, medium sandy shale, flagstone 24,00
Medium rock hard mudstone, softer sand rock and calcite, chalky clay 23 - 24,00
Soft rock shale, soft limestone, calk, salt rock, frozen ground, anthracite, marl, remoulded sandstone, soft conglomerate, ground with fels 22,00 – 26,00
Weak soil compact clay, soil eluvium, black coal 20,00 - 22,0




18,00 - 20,00



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