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Stone

A piece of rock that is quarried then worked into a specific size or shape to serve a function as a useful building or paving material.

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wind

Building materials; Stone

A twisting warp from cutting slabs in the gang saws.

terrazzo

Building materials; Stone

A type of concrete in which chips or pieces of stone, usually marble, are mixed with cement and are ground to a flat surface after setting, exposing the chips which take a high polish.

shear

Building materials; Stone

A type of stress. A body is in shear when it is subjected to a pair of equal forces in opposite directions and which act along parallel planes.

agate

Building materials; Stone

A variegated type of quartz showing colored bands or other markings (clouded, moss-like, etc.).

travertine marble

Building materials; Stone

A variety of limestone regarded as a product of chemical precipitation from hot springs. Travertine is cellular with the cells usually concentrated in thin layers that display a stalactitic ...

slate

Building materials; Stone

A very fine-grained metamorphic rock derived from sedimentary rock shale. Characterized by an excellent parallel cleavage entirely independent of original bedding, by which cleavage the rock may be ...

coursed veneer

Building materials; Stone

A wall treatment achieved by using stones of the same or approximately the same height. Horizontal joints run the entire length of the veneered area. Vertical joints are constantly broken so that no ...

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