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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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Bluestone
Building materials; Stone
Usually a flat stone used as an edging material; generally used to retain the field of a terrace or platform.
Split face (sawed bed)
Building materials; Stone
Usually sawed on the stone bed and split by hand or machine so that the face of the stone exhibits the natural quarry texture.
Voussoir
Building materials; Stone
Wedge-shaped stone components of a masonry arch, carefully formed to support each other when in position.
Bevel
Building materials; Stone
When the angle between two sides is greater or less than a right angle
Calcite streaks
Building materials; Stone
White or milk-like streaks occurring in stone. The streak is a joint plane usually wider than a glass seam; it has been recemented by deposition of calcite in the crack and is structurally sound.
Lead buttons
Building materials; Stone
Lead spacers in solid horizontal joints to support the top stones until the mortar has set.
