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Building stone
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The list Building stone includes
Sandstone, Lutetian Limestone, Fort Riley Limestone, Neva Limestone and Cottonwood Limestone.
The list consists of 65 members
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Perlite
amorphous volcanic glass
Overview: Perlite is an amorphous volcanic glass that has a relatively high water content, typically formed by the hydration of obsidian. It occurs naturally and has the unusual property of greatly expanding when ...
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Sioux Quartzite
type of quartzite rock
Overview: The Sioux Quartzite is a Proterozoic quartzite that is found in the region around the intersection of Minnesota, South Dakota, and Iowa, and correlates with other rock units throughout the upper midwestern ... 0
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Cyclopean masonry
type of stonework found in ancient Mycenaean architecture
Overview: Cyclopean masonry is a type of stonework found in Mycenaean architecture, built with massive limestone boulders, roughly fitted together with minimal clearance between adjacent stones and with clay mortar ... 0
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Riprap
shorline armouring structure
Overview: Riprap (in North American English), also known as rip rap, rip-rap, shot rock, rock armour (in British English) or rubble, is human-placed rock or other material used to protect shoreline structures against ... 0
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Rubble
broken stone, of irregular size, shape and textureOverview: Rubble is broken stone, of irregular size, shape and texture; undressed especially as a filling-in. Rubble naturally found in the soil is known also as 'brash' (compare cornbrash). Where present, it becomes ... 0
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Ashlar
Finely dressed stone and associated masonry
Overview: Ashlar is a cut and dressed stone, worked using a chisel to achieve a specific form, typically rectangular in shape. The term can also refer to a structure built from such stones. 0
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Cobblestone
Natural building material based on cobble-sized stones, used for pavement roads, streets, and buildings
Overview: Cobblestone is a natural building material based on cobble-sized stones, and is used for pavement roads, streets, and buildings. Setts, also called Belgian blocks, are often referred to as "cobbles", ... 0
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Barre granite
variety of Vermont granite
Overview: Barre granite /ˈbæri/ is a Devonian granite pluton near the town of Barre in Washington County, Vermont. Richardson described it as a "fine granite, composed of quartz, feldspar, and mica. The mica is ... 0
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Sandstone
Type of sedimentary rock
Overview: Sandstone is a clastic sedimentary rock composed mainly of sand-sized (0.0625 to 2 mm) silicate grains, cemented together by another mineral. Sandstones comprise about 20–25% of all sedimentary rocks ... 0
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Bath stone
An oolitic limestone from Somerset used as a building material
Overview: Bath Stone is an oolitic limestone comprising granular fragments of calcium carbonate originally obtained from the Middle Jurassic aged Great Oolite Group of the Combe Down and Bathampton Down Mines under ... 0
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Lutetian Limestone
Type of limestone from Paris
Overview: Lutetian limestone (in French, calcaire lutécien, and formerly calcaire grossier) — also known as “Paris stone” — is a variety of limestone particular to the Eocene-aged deposits in the Paris Basin of ... 0
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Overview: The Fort Riley Limestone is a Kansas Permian stratigraphic unit of member rank and historic building stone, sold commercially as fine-grained Silverdale, having at one time been quarried at Silverdale ... 0
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Tuckahoe marble
formation of marble found in southern New York
Overview: Tuckahoe marble (also known as Inwood and Westchester marble) is a type of marble found in southern New York and western Connecticut in the Northeastern United States. Part of the Inwood Formation of the ... 0
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Jacobsville Sandstone
North American sandstone formation
Overview: Jacobsville Sandstone is a red sandstone formation, marked with light-colored streaks and spots, primarily found in northern Upper Michigan, portions of Ontario, and under much of Lake Superior. Desired ... 0
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Artificial stone
class of synthetic stone products
Overview: Artificial stone is a name for various synthetic stone products produced from the 18th century onward. Uses include statuary, architectural details, fencing and rails, building construction, civil eng ... 0
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Kentish ragstone
hard grey limestone in Kent, England
Overview: Kentish ragstone is a hard grey limestone in Kent, England, drawn from the geological sequence known as the Hythe Beds of the Lower Greensand. For millennia it has been quarried for use both locally and ... 0
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Cast stone
material simulating natural stone
Overview: Cast stone or reconstructed stone is a refined artificial stone, a form of precast concrete. It is used as a building material to simulate natural-cut masonry in architectural features such as facings ... 0
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Jerusalem stone
building stone common in and around Jerusalem
Overview: Jerusalem stone (Hebrew: אבן ירושלמית Arabic: حجر القدس) is a name applied to various types of pale limestone, dolomite and dolomitic limestone, common in and around Jerusalem that have been used ... 0
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Tennessee marble
base material
Overview: Tennessee marble is a type of crystalline limestone found only in East Tennessee, in the southeastern United States. Long esteemed by architects and builders for its pinkish-gray color and the ease with ... 0
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Clunch
traditional building material of chalky limestone rock
Overview: Clunch is a traditional building material of chalky limestone rock used mainly in eastern England and Normandy. Clunch distinguishes itself from archetypal forms of limestone by being softer in character ... 0
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