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• Scagliola
  ...n the 17th century. It is the art of crushing and mixing together chips of limestone, travertine and/or marble, and layering the paste by hand into hand-carved
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• Vinyl siding
  ...ally about 15% ground limestone (which is largely calcium carbonate). The limestone reduces cost, and also balances the titanium dioxide, keeping both extrusio
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• Tadelakt
  2) It may include fine marble or limestone sand, but not other aggregates.
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• Clunch
  It is often a very soft [[limestone]]. It can be rich in iron-bearing clays or be very fine and white — i [[Category:Limestone]]
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• Glazed architectural terra-cotta
  ...structed with the material to look like they were finished with granite or limestone; this flexibility was part of the reason the material was so attractive to
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• Joint compound
  ...nd easy maintenance. The compound is a complex combination of [[water]], [[limestone]], expanded [[perlite]], ethylene-vinyl [[acetate]] [[polymer]] and [[attap
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• Belgian marble
  ...tually not a [[marble]] (a [[metamorphic rocks|metamorphic]] rock) but a [[limestone]] (a calcareous [[sedimentary rock]]). [[Category:Limestone]]
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• Plaster
  ...ter to set by transforming the calcium hydroxide into calcium carbonate ([[limestone]]). [[Whitewash]] is based on the same chemistry. ...ers. Once exposed to the atmosphere, the calcium hydroxide turns back into limestone, causing the plaster to set.
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• Jerusalem stone
  ...to various types of pale [[limestone]], dolomite and [[dolostone|dolomitic limestone]], common in and around [[Jerusalem]], [[Israel]], that have been used in b ...rlain by sedimentary [[limestone]], [[dolomite]] and [[dolostone|dolomitic limestone]]. The stone quarried for building purposes, ranging in color from white t
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• Meleke
  ...thology|lithologic]] type of white, coarsely crystalline, thickly bedded [[limestone]] found in the [[Judean Hills]] in [[Israel]] and the [[West Bank]].<ref>[[ ...million years old.<ref name=Barnett/> When freshly cut, it is a pure white limestone. It may retain its white color for many years or it may be [[Insolation|ins
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• Calcium hydroxide
  ...main starting material of calcium hydroxide) involves [[calcination]] of [[limestone]], which involves great deal of heat, it would be not very productive if fo
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• Deconstruction (building)
  ...of the word ''[[wikt:dilapidated|dilapidated]].'' Used brick and dimension limestone in particular have a long tradition of reuse due to their durability and co
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• Lime (material)
  ...sed in large quantities as building and engineering materials (including [[limestone]] products, [[concrete]] and [[mortar (masonry)|mortar]]) and as [[chemical The rocks and minerals from which these materials are derived, typically [[limestone]] or [[chalk]], are composed primarily of [[calcium carbonate]]. They may b
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• Lime mortar
  Non-hydraulic lime is produced by first heating of sufficiently pure [[limestone]] (calcium carbonate) to between 954° and 1066°C, driving off [[carbon di As well as calcium based limestone, [[dolomitic]] limes can be produced which are based on [[calcium magnesium
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• Roman cement
  ...to the cement he patented which is a Natural Cement (i.e. it is a marl(or limestone containing integral clay) dug out of the ground, burnt and ground to a fine
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• Stone sealer
  ...s and gases can move. Natural stone includes; granite, basalt, [[marble]], limestone, travertine, sandstone and slate. These porous materials act like a "hard s '''Acid Attack.''' calcite-based stone such as marble, limestone and travertine react with acidic substances on contact, breaking down the s
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• Hydraulic lime
  ...lime to set under water. Hydraulic lime is produced by heating calcining limestone that contains [[clay]] and other impurities. Calcium reacts in the kiln wi ...e readily than the masonry, thus saving weaker stone such as sandstone and limestone from the harmful effects of temperature expansion and mortar freeze.
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• Mangalore tiles
  ...e tiles also manufactured materials such as [[Ridge (geometry)|ridges]], [[limestone]]<ref name="sm1"/> and [[brick]]s.<ref name="appa62">{{harvnb|Giriappa|1994
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• Tyndall stone
  ...mottling (dolomite), caused by the burrowing of marine creatures when the limestone was deposited. It also contains numerous [[gastropoda|gastropod]], [[brachi
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• Dimension stone
  ...mension stone. These rock types are more commonly known as [[granite]], [[limestone]], [[marble]], [[travertine]], quartz-based stone ([[sandstone]], [[quartzi ...y granite, but often is marble (especially for vanity tops), and sometimes limestone or slate. The majority of the stone for this application is produced in [[B
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