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quarrying (for stone)

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  • Stone carving — is an ancient activity where pieces of rough natural stone are shaped by the controlled removal of stone. Owing to the permanence of the material, evidence can be found that even the earliest societies indulged in some form of stone work.Work… …   Wikipedia

  • Stone quarries of ancient Egypt — The Stone quarries of ancient Egypt (now archaeological sites) once produced quality stone for the construction of decorative monuments such as sculptures and obelisks. Some of these sites are well identified and the chemical composition of their …   Wikipedia

  • Stone City, Iowa — Infobox Settlement official name = Stone City, Iowa settlement type = unincorporated community nickname = motto = imagesize = image caption = image mapsize = map caption = mapsize1 = map caption1 = subdivision type = Country subdivision name =… …   Wikipedia

  • quarrying — quar·ry || kwÉ‘rɪ , kwÉ” / kwÉ’ n. pit where stone is mined; game, animals which are hunted; prey, victim; thing which is chased, object of a pursuit; windowpane; rich source of something v. hew, chisel; dig, excavate, mine; look for, seek …   English contemporary dictionary

  • Dimension stone — Large blocks of granite dimension stone being loaded at Teignmouth in 1827. 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 …   Wikipedia

  • Doulting Stone Quarry — grid reference ST648436 is a limestone quarry at Doulting, on the Mendip Hills, Somerset, England. At Present there are only three quarries in the country quarrying Doulting stone. The Largest has been producing stone since Roman times.[1] Until… …   Wikipedia

  • Oakley Stone — is the trade name of a building stone that occurs in the mountains south of Oakley, Idaho in Cassia County near the Utah border. It is more properly known as Rocky Mountain Quartzite or Idaho Quartzite. Quartzite, a metamorphic rock, is quarried… …   Wikipedia

  • Oakley stone — is the trade name of a building stone that occurs in the mountains south of Oakley, Idaho in Cassia County near the Utah border. It is more properly known as Rocky Mountain quartzite or Idaho quartzite. Quartzite, a metamorphic rock, is quarried… …   Wikipedia

  • Bath Stone — is an Oolitic Limestone comprising granular fragments of calcium carbonate. Originally obtained from the Combe Down and Bathampton Down Mines under Combe Down, Somerset, England, its warm, honey colouring gives the World Heritage City of Bath,… …   Wikipedia

  • Quern-stone — The upper stone of a Scottish hand quern from Dalgarven Mill, North Ayrshire. Quern stones are stone tools for hand grinding a wide variety of materials. They were used in pairs. The lower, stationary, stone is called a quern, whilst the upper,… …   Wikipedia

  • Sharpening stone — Waterstone redirects here. For the British bookstore chain, see Waterstone s. An oil stone Sharpening stones, water stones or whetstones are used to grind and hone the edges of steel tools and implements. Examples of items that may be sharpened… …   Wikipedia

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