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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belt course

Building materials; Stone

A continuous horizontal course of flat stones marking a division in the wall plane.

commercial marble

Building materials; Stone

A crystalline rock composed predominantly of one or more of the following materials: calcite, dolomite or serpentine, and capable of taking a polish.

spandrel wall

Building materials; Stone

A curtain wall panel filling the space between the top of a window in one story and the sill of the window on the story above.

A curved construction spanned over an opening and supported at its sides or ends. Usually made from cut stone voussoirs, or interlocking wedge-shaped blocks, that carry downward thrusts out to side ...

dowel

Building materials; Stone

A cylindrical metal pin used in aligning and strengthening joints of adjacent stones.

scotia

Building materials; Stone

A deep concave molding, or gorge, especially at the base of a column.

basalt

Building materials; Stone

A dense textured (aphanitic) igneous rock relatively high in iron and magnesia minerals and relatively low in silica, generally dark gray to black, and feldspathic. A general term in ...