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2. Quarry tile - Wikipedia

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   Quarry tile. Quarry tile is a building material, usually to 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] It is shaped from clay, and fired at a high temperature, about 2,000 °F ...

3. Michigan Limestone and Chemical Company - Wikipedia

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   The railroad for the quarry is currently serviced by Lake State Railway, successor to the D&M. [citation needed] Rogers City donated land to create a landmark in celebration of the quarry's centennial. Part of the landmark is a 6 foot (1.8 m) X 6-foot mural made of outdoor tiles created by master potter Guy Adamec from the Flint Institute of ...

4. Marble Cliff Quarry Co. - Wikipedia

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   In 1913, Marble Cliff Quarries Co. was founded and shortly consolidated quarrying activities with the merger of Casparis Stone, Scioto Stone, Kiefer Stone, and Woodruff and Pausch Stone. John W. Kaufman was named president of the company and H.J. Kaufman vice president. [2] The company grew through the expansion of stone grades from one to six ...

5. Slate - Wikipedia

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   Slate is a fine-grained, foliated, homogeneous, metamorphic rock derived from an original shale -type sedimentary rock composed of clay or volcanic ash through low-grade, regional metamorphism. It is the finest-grained foliated metamorphic rock. [1] Foliation may not correspond to the original sedimentary layering, but instead is in planes ...

6. Slate industry - Wikipedia

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   Slate industry. The slate industry is the industry related to the extraction and processing of slate. Slate is either quarried from a slate quarry or reached by tunneling in a slate mine. Common uses for slate include as a roofing material, a flooring material, gravestones and memorial tablets, and electrical insulation.

7. Travertine - Wikipedia

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   Travertine (/ ˈtrævərtiːn / TRAV-ər-teen) [1] is a form of terrestrial limestone deposited around mineral springs, especially hot springs. It often has a fibrous or concentric appearance and exists in white, tan, cream-colored, and rusty varieties. [2][3] It is formed by a process of rapid precipitation of calcium carbonate, often at the ...