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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Moulding

Building materials; Stone

Decorative stone used to introduce variety in profile and contour, deviating from a plane surface by projections, curved profiles, recesses, or any combination thereof.

Tolerance

Building materials; Stone

Dimensional allowance made for the inability of men and machines to fabricate a product of exact dimensions.

Elevated symbolic centre of a Greek city-state, bringing together its most important sacred and civic buildings in one urban space, invariably on a high plateau. The most famous is the Acropolis in ...

Shot sawn

Building materials; Stone

Finish obtained by using chilled steel shot in the gang sawing process to produce random markings for a rough surface texture.

Column

Building materials; Stone

Freestanding or self-supporting structural element carrying forces mainly in compression, whether stone, steel or brick.

Warped

Building materials; Stone

Generally a condition experienced only in flagging or flagstone materials; very common with flagstone materials that are taken from the ground and used in their natural state. To eliminate warping in ...