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This the Stone Terms dictionary. You may find the meanings of some stone related words and phrases.
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Efflorescence : a crystalline deposit appearing on stone surfaces typically caused by soluble salts carried through or onto the stone by moisture, which has sometimes been found to come from brick, tile, concrete blocks, cement, mortar, concrete, and similar materials in the wall or above.
Entablature : in classical architecture, the upper part of an order, comprising architrave, frieze, and cornice.
Entasis : the curve of the upper two-thirds of a column.
Expansion bolt : a socket that grips a drilled hole in stone by expanding as the bolt is screwed into it.
Expansion-contraction joint : a joint between marble units designed to expand or contract with temperature changes. An expansion joint compresses as panels expand.
Exposed aggregate : phrase applied to the larger pieces of stone aggregate purposefully exposed for their colour and texture in a cast slab.
Face : this refers to the exposed portion of stone. The word "face" can also be used when referring to the edge treatment on various cutting stock materials.
Fascia : a horizontal belt or vertical faces; often used in combination with mouldings.
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Ferriginous : limestone or sandstone containing a high proportion of iron oxide.
Field stone : loose blocks separated from ledges by natural processes and scattered through or upon the regolith ("soil") cover, applied also to similar transported materials, such as glacial boulders and cobbles.
Filling : a trade expression used in the fabrication of marble to indicate the filling of natural voids with cements, shellac or synthetic resins and similar materials.
Fines : the powder, dust, silt-size and sand-size material resulting from processing (usually crushing) rock.
Finish : final surface applied to the face of stone during fabrication.
Finished stone : building stone with one or more mechanically dressed surfaces.
Fireproof : relatively incombustible.
Flagstone : thin slabs of stone used for flagging or paving walks, driveways, patios, etc. It is generally fine-grained sandstone, bluestone, quartzite or slate, but thin slabs of other stones may be used.
Fleuri cut : cutting quarried marble or stone parallel to the natural bedding plane.
Flooring : stone used as an interior pedestrian wearing surface.
Fracture : a break in rock produced by mechanical failure. Fractures include faults and joints.
Freestone : a stone that may be cut freely in any direction without fracture or splitting.
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