The stone was classified as a moderately sorted, moderately compacted, clast supported Oosparite Limestone.  The clasts were predominantly composed of ooliths, but mollusc shell and echinoderm fragments and quartz were also present.  The matrix was composed of sparitic syntaxial carbonate and some micritic carbonate.  There was a moderate to high abundance of open voidage space.  There was possibly some evidence of sedimentary bedding by the preferred alignment of elongate clasts.
Strength
Compression - BS EN 1926
Average: 47.04 Mpa from 26 tests
Flexural Strength - BS EN 13161
Average: 6.11 Mpa from 72 tests
Breaking Load at Dowel Hole - BS EN 13364:2002
Durability
Salt Crystallisation BS EN 12370
Average: 2.05%
Water Absorption - BS EN 13755
Average: 6.05% from 36 tests
Density - BS EN 1936
Average: 2,158 kg/m???3 from 47 tests
Porosity - BS EN 1936
Average: 19.17% from 64 tests
Saturation Coefficient - BS EN 1936
Average: 0.73 from 22 tests
Flooring / Paving
These flooring / paving results are not from the Jordans Quarry but the nearby Independent Quarry, but the stones from the two sites are very similar and only Easton Lane separates the sites and at their closest point are only metres away from each other.
Abrasion Resistance - EN14157
Average: 24.48 from 9 tests
Slip Resistance - TRRL Pendulum Test: Grit 120 (Flooring)
Wet Average value 77 from 48 tests
Dry Average value 91 from 24 tests
Internal Flooring
Fancy Beach Whitbed is suitable for all flooring applications up to semi-intensive use such as shops and offices with estimated visitor numbers of 5,000,000 with a service life without significant wear of 20 years. The slip resistance results of over 40 demonstrate that the stone will be safe in all applications.