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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.
