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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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Waxing

Building materials; Stone

An expression used in the marble finishing trade to indicate the filling of natural voids with colour 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.)

Pressure relieving joint

Building materials; Stone

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 ...

Dry

Building materials; Stone

An open or unhealed joint plane not filled with calcite and not structurally sound.

Veneer stone

Building materials; Stone

Any stone used as a decorative facing material which is not meant to be load bearing.

Banker

Building materials; Stone

Bench of timber or stone on which stone is shaped.

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