Building stone
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Description
A general name for stones used in building construction, such as Granite, Marble, Limestone, Dolomite, Sandstone, Basalt, and Diorite.
Sources Checked for Data in Record
- G.S.Brady, Materials Handbook, McGraw-Hill Book Co., New York, 1971 Comment: p. 125
- Dictionary of Building Preservation, Ward Bucher, ed., John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York City, 1996