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• List of decorative stones
  Natural stone is a geographical '''list of [[rock (geology)|stone]]''' used for decorative purposes in [[construction]] and [[monumental scul The dimension stone industry classifies stone based on appearance and hardness as either "granite", "marble" or "slate".
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• Ceramic materials
  ...>[http://www.ctioa.org/index.cfm?pi=GL&gaction=list&grp=C Ceramic Tile and Stone Standards]</ref> [[Clay]] was one of the earliest materials used to produce
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• Slate
  ...pecialised tool in the quarry, many slates will form smooth flat sheets of stone which have long been used for roofing and floor tiles and other purposes. ...s of breakability: cleavage and grain, which make it possible to split the stone into thin sheets. When broken, slate retains a natural appearance while rem
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• Gemstone
  {{Dablink|"Precious Stone" redirects here. For the James Bond character, see [[Hurricane Gold]].}} ...gemstone''' or '''gem''' (also called a '''precious''' or '''semi-precious stone''', or '''jewel''') is a piece of [[mineral]], which, in cut and polished
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• Rock (geology)
  In [[geology]], '''rock''' or '''stone''' is a naturally occurring solid aggregate of [[mineral]]s and/or [[minera ...ildings and [[infrastructure]]. When so used, rocks are called [[dimension stone]].
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• Spherulite (polymer physics)
  ...lymer physics]], '''spherulites''' (from Greek sphaira = ball and lithos = stone) are [[spherical]] [[crystallinity|semicrystalline]] regions inside non-[[B
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• Polyvinyl acetate
  ...port">{{cite web|url=http://www2.rgu.ac.uk/schools/mcrg/miconsol.htm|title=Stone consolidants and chemical treatments in Scotland|publisher=[[Robert Gordon
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• Petroleum
  ...xtract and make great quantityes of pitch, tarr, and oyle out of a sort of stone." Although oil shales are found in many countries, the United States has th
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• Asphalt
  ...ological recovery has indicated that asphaltum was sometimes used to apply stone [[projectile point]]s to a wooden shaft.<ref>[http://www.megalithic.co.uk/a ...s commonly composed of 5 percent asphalt cement and 95 percent aggregates (stone, sand, and gravel). Due to its highly viscous nature, asphalt cement must b
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• Base metal
  *[[Philosopher's stone]]
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• Depleted uranium
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• River gravel
  ...ravel''' is a name given to [[gravel]] composed of small pieces of rounded stone of various colors, usually no larger than a large coin<ref>{{cite web|url=h
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• Crushed stone
  [[Image:20mm-aggregate.jpg|thumb|20 [[millimetre]] crushed stone [[construction aggregate]]]] ...York, N.Y |year=1976 |pages= p. 284 |isbn=0-8247-2605-7 | quote = Crushed stone can be used without binder for a variety of construction or industrial appl
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• Gravel
  ..., also known as crusher run. This is a mixed grade of mostly small crushed stone in a matrix of crushed limestone powder. [[Category:Stone]]
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• Gunpowder
  ...ed to other explosives, making black powder useful for blasting monumental stone such as [[granite]] and [[marble]]. ...owever, by the mid 19th century AD this had changed to either an iron shod stone wheel or a [[cast iron]] wheel running on an iron bed.<ref name="earl-2"/>
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• Construction aggregate
  ...rial]] used in [[construction]], including [[sand]], [[gravel]], [[crushed stone]], [[slag]], recycled concrete and geosynthetic aggregates. Aggregates are ...n areas: Mining of mineral aggregate deposits, including sand, gravel, and stone; use of waste slag from the manufacture of iron and steel; and recycling of
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• Aggregate (composite)
  ...shed item, but have a wide variety of sizes. For example, the particles of stone used to make [[concrete]] typically include both [[sand]] and [[gravel]].
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• Stone washing
  ...ess used to give a newly manufactured cloth garment a worn-out appearance. Stone-washing also helps to increase the softness and flexibility of otherwise st Stone washing is similar in operation to a [[ball mill]], except that this is a w
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• Toran
  ...sting on two uprights or posts. It is made of [[wood]] or [[Rock (geology)|stone]] , and the cross-piece is generally of three bars placed one on the top of
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• History of clothing and textiles
  ...ing|woven]] to make fabrics, appeared in the Middle East during the late [[stone age]].<ref>[http://www.textileinstitutebooks.com/Merchant2/merchant.mv?Scre ...age-clothing-more-advanced-than-thought/| first= Gloria|last= Chang|title= Stone Age clothing more advanced than thought|accessdate=2007-04-15 |format= |wor
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