Building Stone - Flint, Perlite, Slate, Gravel, Dimension Stone, Portland Stone, Bath Stone, Dry Stone, Construction Aggregate, Nubian Sandstone (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 61. Chapters: Flint, Perlite, Slate, Gravel, Dimension stone, Portland stone, Bath Stone, Dry stone, Construction aggregate, Nubian Sandstone, List of decorative stones, Crushed stone, Coade stone, Staddle stones, Discontinuity, Barnack, Cast stone, Grating, Cobblestone architecture, Indiana Limestone, Step-stone bridge, Stone sealer, Rustication, Hamstone, Clapper bridge, Totternhoe Stone, Purbeck Marble, Rubble, Riprap, Gable stone, Asperity, Horsham Stone, Headington stone, Zig-zag bridge, Flagstone, List of types of limestone, Caen stone, Sussex Marble, Oamaru stone, Pebble, Tuffeau stone, Stone wall, Opus quadratum, Decomposed granite, Ancaster stone, Verd antique, Beer stone, Opus spicatum, Arizona flagstone, Rag-stone, Yorkstone, Opus incertum, Pulhamite, Anamosa Limestone, Road metal, Opus mixtum, Global Heritage Stone Resource, Sillar, Cantera, Belgian marble, Opus vittatum, Ru chi a, Ketton stone, Quarry-faced stone. Excerpt: Dimension stone is natural stone or rock that has been selected and fabricated (i.e., trimmed, cut, drilled, ground, or other) to specific sizes or shapes. Color, texture and pattern, and surface finish of the stone are also normal requirements. Another important selection criterion is durability, the time measure of the ability of dimension stone to endure and to maintain its essential and distinctive characteristics of strength, resistance to decay, and appearance. Quarries that produce dimension stone or crushed stone (used as construction aggregate) are interconvertible. Since most quarries can produce either one, a crushed stone quarry can be converted to dimension stone production. However, first the stone shattered by heavy and indiscriminate blasting must be removed. Dimension stone is separated by more precise and delicate techniques, such as diamond wire saws, diamond belt saws, burners (...