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• Masonry
  ...st modern masonry uses mortar or cement in the joints. Rubble masonry uses field stones or irregular quarried stones. Ashlar masonry used regularly cut squa
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• OPD
  ...imatology service. It is one of the largest institutions in Europe in this field, having at its disposal an interdisciplinary team of conservators, art hist
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• Electron spin resonance spectroscopy
  An analytical technique that uses a strong magnetic field to examine the spin states of unpaired electrons. Electron spin resonance ( * Janet Burnett Grossman, ''Looking at Greek and Roman Sculpture in Stone'', J. Paul Getty Trust, Los Angeles, 2003
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• Chert
  ...and vessels. Currently, chert is used as an [[abrasive]], a semiprecious [[stone]], and as an [[aggregate]] for the construction of buildings and roads. * B.Aston, J.Harrell, I.Shaw, "Stone" in ''Ancient Egyptian Materials and Technology'', P.Nicholson, I.Shaw (eds
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• Breccia
  ...]], [[silica]], or volcanic ash. Breccia is used as an ornamental building stone. * 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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• Apatite
  ...colorless when pure, but impurities can give it a white, green (asparagus stone), blue (moroxite), yellow, or violet color. Bones, both human and animal, a asparagus stone (green); moroxite (blue); fluorapatite; phosphorite; Apatit (Deut.); apatit
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• Smoky quartz
  .... It is sometimes used as a [[gemstone|gemstone]]. Most early uses of the stone date from Hellenistic times or later; one earlier example was found in Iran smokey quartz; cairngorm; Cairngorm stone; Rauchquarz (Deut.); quartz fumé (Fr.); quartzo fumado (Port.); rookkwarts
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• Carnelian
  ...ariety of [[chalcedony]]. Carnelian was mined or gathered as an ornamental stone since at least 3000 BCE. It is found in Egypt, India and areas of Europe as * 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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• Milky quartz
  * B.Aston, J.Harrell, I.Shaw, "Stone" in ''Ancient Egyptian Materials and Technology'', P.Nicholson, I.Shaw (eds * 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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• Celestite
  ...neral composed of [[strontium sulfate]]. Celestite is found in sedimentary stone usually in conjunction with [[halite]] and [[dolomite|dolomitic limestone]] * 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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• Zoisite
  ...ois van Edelstein (1747-1819). It is a lustrous transparent to translucent stone whose color may be grayish-white, peach, pink ([[thulite]]), blue ([[tanzan * 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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• Amazonite
  ...races of lead and crystalline water (Aston et al 2000). Also called Amazon stone, it was used since about 3000 BCE for decorations, amulets, vessels, beads, Amazon stone; amazonstone; mother of emerald; green feldspar; microcline; Amazonit (Deut
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• Cat's eye
  ...outh Africa is known as a tiger's eye or African cat's eye. It is a quartz stone with oriented fibers of crocicolite. True cat's eye is a variety of quartz, * 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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• Fayalite
  ...Fayalite was named after Fayal, an island in the Azores. The brittle green stone is also produced synthetically as a common component in slag stringers from * 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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• Rhodochrosite
  ...ges in color from pink to deep red. It has been used as a minor ornamental stone and as a source for [[manganese]]. ...ilding Stones Quarried in the United States Canada and other Countries.'', Stone Publishing Co, New York, 1925
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• Granite
  ...nt indoor (countertops, flooring, tables, decoration) and outdoor building stone (monuments, curbing, statuary). Granite is also used for paper mill rollers * Anne Grimmer, Glossary of Building Stone Terms, ''A Glossary of Historic Masonry Deterioration Problems and Preserva
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• Wavellite
  ...sty, globular masses in hydrothermal veins. The transparent to translucent stone can be green, yellow, white, gray or brown. * 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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• Biotite
  ...]]. It has been found in the lava of Vesuvius, Pikes Peak in Colorado, and Stone Mountain in Georgia, as well as many other locations. Biotite has a pearly ...ilding Stones Quarried in the United States Canada and other Countries.'', Stone Publishing Co, New York, 1925
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• Gabbro
  ...xene]]. It is sold commercially as a [[granite]] and is used as a building stone. Major commercial sources for gabbro occur in Scotland (Island of Skye), So * 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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• Travertine
  ...e deposits resulting in large elongated, often interconnected rings in the stone. Very porous, spongy travertine is called [[tufa|tufa]]. Travertine polishe * Anne Grimmer, Glossary of Building Stone Terms, ''A Glossary of Historic Masonry Deterioration Problems and Preserva
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