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• Actinolite
  ...en found in association with talc and chlorite. The transparent to opaque stone is used as a filler in paints and ceramics. * C.W.Chesterman, K.E.Lowe, ''Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Rocks and Minerals'', Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 19
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• Limestone
  ...estone made up of visible shell fragments. Limestone is used as a building stone and for sculpture as well as in the manufacture of [[lime]], [[carbon dioxi * B.Aston, J.Harrell, I.Shaw, "Stone" in ''Ancient Egyptian Materials and Technology'', P.Nicholson, I.Shaw (eds
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• Chrysoprase
  A translucent, apple-green stone composed of microcrystalline [[quartz]]. Chrysoprase is a variety of [[cha * C.W.Chesterman, K.E.Lowe, ''Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Rocks and Minerals'', Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 19
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• Dolomite
  ...[[magnesium]]. Dolomite rock has been and is currently used as a building stone, in furnace linings, in [[ceramic|ceramics]], and as a [[filler]] in [[pape [[File:Stone.Corral.formation_Dolomite.jpg|thumb|Stone Corral Formation dolomite]]
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• Diorite
  green stone; trap rock; diorita (Esp.); diorite (Fr.); diorito (Port.); Diorit (Deut.); * C.W.Chesterman, K.E.Lowe, ''Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Rocks and Minerals'', Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 19
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• Shale
  ...d a laminated structure that fractures easily along the bedding lines. The stone is soft, smooth, and can feel greasy. Shale is composed of clay (>30%) a * C.W.Chesterman, K.E.Lowe, ''Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Rocks and Minerals'', Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 19
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• Rock crystal
  ...ups, and carvings. In Egypt, they were also used for the cornea portion of stone eyes in statues and as thin inlays over red cement to simulate [[carnelian| * B.Aston, J.Harrell, I.Shaw, "Stone" in ''Ancient Egyptian Materials and Technology'', P.Nicholson, I.Shaw (eds
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• Inductively coupled plasma
  ...ition of the sample. ICP is used to determine major and minor elements in stone, metal, concrete, glass and other inorganic matrices. It has replaced flam ...National Museum, 50th Anniversary Symposium on Scientific Research in the Field of Asian Art, Freer Gallery, 27-29 sep. 2001, Washington
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• Chalcanthite
  copper sulfate pentahydrate; blue vitriol; blue stone; bluestone; copper vitriol; calcantita (Esp.)  * C.W.Chesterman, K.E.Lowe, ''Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Rocks and Minerals'', Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 19
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• Gemstone
  * Non-stone materials: [[ivory]], [[amber]], [[jet]], and [[coral]] * C.W.Chesterman, K.E.Lowe, ''Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Rocks and Minerals'', Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 19
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• Syenite
  ...uilding Stones Quarried in the United States Canada and other Countries'', Stone Publishing Co, New York, 1925. * C.W.Chesterman, K.E.Lowe, ''Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Rocks and Minerals'', Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 19
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• Phlogopite
  ...may sometimes be reddish brown. Phlogopite is a transparent to translucent stone that is mined in Romania, Switzerland, Italy, Finland, Sweden, the Malagasy * C.W.Chesterman, K.E.Lowe, ''Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Rocks and Minerals'', Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 19
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• Tremolite
  ...), and the U.S. (Maine, Pennsylvania, New York). The transparent to opaque stone varies in color from white to gray to a pale green to a pinkish purple. Tre * C.W.Chesterman, K.E.Lowe, ''Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Rocks and Minerals'', Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 19
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• Sard
  ...ny]]. Sard is darker than [[carnelian|carnelian]], but otherwise a similar stone. Both have been mined or gathered since at least 3000 BCE. Water-worn pebbl * C.W.Chesterman, K.E.Lowe, ''Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Rocks and Minerals'', Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 19
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• Lazulite
  ...rite]], the main ingredient in [[lapis lazuli]]. Lazulite is a translucent stone that has been found in Switzerland (Zermatt), Austria, Sweden, Malagasy Rep * C.W.Chesterman, K.E.Lowe, ''Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Rocks and Minerals'', Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 19
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• Opal
  ...ll spectrum of colors arrayed in a linear fashion. [[Slocum%20stone|Slocum stone]] (Opal-essence) is one of the best types of imitation opal. Most syntheti ...(Esp.); opale (Fr., It.); Opal (Deut.); opala (Port.); Gilson opal; Slocum stone; Opal-essence; opaal (Ned.)
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• Basalt
  * Anne Grimmer, Glossary of Building Stone Terms, ''A Glossary of Historic Masonry Deterioration Problems and Preserva * C.W.Chesterman, K.E.Lowe, ''Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Rocks and Minerals'', Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 19
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• Jasper
  ...dom period. Currently, jasper is cut and polished as a ornamental building stone. Black jasper and black slate have long been used as touchstones to determi * C.W.Chesterman, K.E.Lowe, ''Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Rocks and Minerals'', Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 19
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• Chromite
  ...in [[magnesium]] and [[aluminum]]. Chromite is a black to dark brown color stone with a metallic luster. It looks like [[magnetite]] but has poor magnetic p * C.W.Chesterman, K.E.Lowe, ''Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Rocks and Minerals'', Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 19
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• Turquoise
  [[File:Turquoisef5.jpg|thumb|Turquoise stone]] Stone can discolor to green with wear or contact with oils and grease
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