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Dimension stone is
natural stone or rock that has been
selected and
finished (e.g., trimmed, cut,
drilled or ground) to
specific sizes or shapes. Color...
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quarry is a type of open-pit mine in
which dimension stone, rock,
construction aggregate, riprap, sand, gravel, or
slate is
excavated from the ground...
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specifically the
dimension stone trade, the term
marble is used for any
crystalline calcitic rock (and some non-calcitic rocks)
useful as
building stone. For example...
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surface for
further refinement. A
sawyer stonemason cuts
these stone blocks into
dimension stone, to
required size with saws. The
resulting block, if ordered...
- uses
large machine-cut
dimension stone blocks with
precisely defined dimensions to
rapidly ****emble
buildings in
which stone is used as a
major or the...
- of
natural stone used for
decorative purposes in
construction and
monumental sculpture produced in
various countries. The
dimension-
stone industry classifies...
- used
since prehistoric times for
stone tools. It is
presently used for
decorative dimension stone, as
crushed stone in
highway construction, and as a...
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actually ****ulite, is
quarried for use as a
lightweight freestone and
dimension stone. This type of
spongolite has been
quarried from
outcrops extending...
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dimensional stones including granite, marble, sandstone, limestone, slate, and quartzite,
found across various parts of the country. The
stone industry...
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concrete with
terracotta layering,
Dutch belvédère bricks, and
white dimension stone from Burgundy. The
green roofs and
domes are clad in
Congolese copper...
