1. BUILDING STONES

2. CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL
THE MATERIAL WHICH IS UESD FOR THE CONSTRUCTION WORK IN ITS ORIGINAL FORM IS KNOWN AS CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL.

3. STONES

4. CLASSIFICATION OF ROCK

5. QUARRYING OF STONE
THE PROCESS OF TAKING OUT STONE FROM NATURAL ROCK BEDS IS KNOWN AS QUARRYING OF STONE .

6. QUARRYING WITH HAND TOOLS
METHOD OF QUARRYING
QUARRYING WITH HAND TOOLS

7. QUARRYING BY USE OF CHANNELLING MECHINES

8. QUARRYING BY BLASTING

9. DRESSING OF STONE A QUARRIED STONE HAS ROUGH SURFACE SO THEY ARE DRESSED TO OBTAIN A REGULAR SHAPE

10. SOME COMMON TESTS ON BUILLDING STONE
ACID TEST
CRUSHING TEST
SMITHS TEST
WATER ABSORPTION TEST

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