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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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Fascia
Building materials; Stone
A flat, relatively narrow horizontal belt in an architrave or used in combination with moldings.
Schist
Building materials; Stone
A foliated metamorphic rock (recrystallized) characterised by thin foliae that are composed predominantly of minerals of thin platy or prismatic habits and whose long dimensions are oriented in ...
Lava
Building materials; Stone
A general term applied to igneous rocks such as basalt and rhyolite, that erupted from the earth by volcanic action.
Gauged or gauging
Building materials; Stone
A grinding process that results in the uniform thickness of all pieces of material to be used together.
Quirt
Building materials; Stone
A groove separating a bead or other moulding from the adjoining members.
Frieze
Building materials; Stone
A horizontal belt course sometimes decorated with sculptural relief, occurring directly under a cornice.
Wall plate
Building materials; Stone
A horizontal member anchored to a masonry wall to which other structural elements may be attached; also called head plate.
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