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  2. Quarry tile - Wikipedia

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    Quarry tile is a building material, usually 1 ⁄ 2 to 3 ⁄ 4 inch (13 to 19 mm) thick, made by either the extrusion process or more commonly by press forming and firing natural clay or shales. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Quarry tile is manufactured from clay in a manner similar to bricks . [ 3 ]

  3. Parian marble - Wikipedia

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    Parian ware is an artificial substitute for marble, originally a brand name for a variety of unglazed biscuit porcelain, developed in 1842 in England. This is cast in moulds, typically for small busts and figurines, rather than carved.

  4. List of quarries in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Jasper Stone Company and Quarry, Jasper, Minnesota, NRHP-listed. Quarry established c. 1890, an early regional source of Sioux Quartzite for construction, and since World War I a leading international producer of silicon dioxide for industrial abrasives. [4] Louis Hultgren House and Sand Pit, Kerrick, Minnesota, NRHP-listed. A molding sand quarry.

  5. Quarry-faced stone - Wikipedia

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    Quarry-faced stone is a stone with a rough, unpolished surface, straight from the quarry. [1] References Kurtz, Jean-Paul (1 Jan 2004). "XXXVI". ...

  6. Larvikite - Wikipedia

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    A larvikite quarry in Larvik, Norway, 2008 Polished larvikite (marketed as "Blue Pearl Granite"), showing labradorescence, is a popular decorative stone. Light larvikite with a polished surface. Larvikite is an igneous rock, specifically a variety of monzonite, [1] notable for the presence of thumbnail-sized crystals of feldspar.

  7. Aquia Creek sandstone - Wikipedia

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    Quarried at Aquia Creek in Stafford County, Virginia, the stone was valuable for its ease of shaping and the quarry's proximity to the tidewater portion of the Potomac River, 45 miles (72 km) south of Washington. The sandstone was the principal material used in such significant buildings as the White House and the early stages of the U.S ...

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