Stone

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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sticking

Building materials; Stone

An expression used in the marble finishing trade to describe the process of cementing together broken slabs or pieces of marble.

waxing

Building materials; Stone

An expression used in the marble finishing trade to indicate the filling of natural voids with color blended material.

porphyry

Building materials; Stone

An igneous rock in which relatively large and conspicuous crystals (phenocrysts) are set in a matrix of finer crystals.

rock

Building materials; Stone

An integral part of the earth's crust composed of an aggregate of grains of one or more minerals. (Stone is the commercial term applied to quarry products.)

An open horizontal joint below the supporting angle or hangar located at approximately every floor line and not over 15 feet apart, horizontally, and every 20-30 feet vertically, to prevent weight ...