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2. Stone flaming - Wikipedia

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   Stone flaming or thermaling is the application of high temperature to the surface of stone to make it look like natural weathering. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The sudden application of a torch to the surface of stone causes the surface layer to expand and flake off, exposing rough stone.

3. Lurie Garden - Wikipedia

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   The garden is a sustainable design built on lightweight geofoam under the soil. All curbing, stone stairways, stair landings, wall coping, and wall cladding in the interior of the Garden use midwestern limestone. The garden uses granite for paving and wall veneer. Where it is exposed, the granite surfaces have a flamed finish.

4. Dimension stone - Wikipedia

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   Large blocks of granite dimension stone being loaded at Teignmouth in Devon, southern England, in 1827. Dimension stone is natural stone or rock that has been selected and finished (e.g., trimmed, cut, drilled or ground) to specific sizes or shapes. Color, texture and pattern, and surface finish of the stone are also normal requirements ...

5. Quartz Vs. Granite: Which Stone Is Right For Your ... - AOL

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   What Is Granite? Whereas quartz countertops are man-made, granite is a naturally occurring stone, quarried from the earth, then cut and polished into the countertop material so many know and love ...

6. Milford pink granite - Wikipedia

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   A block of granite in 2017 from the Fletcher Granite Company. The granite is described as a light gray or light pinkish-gray to a medium, slightly pinkish or pinkish and greenish-gray biotite granite with spots from 0.2 to 0.5 inches (5.1 to 12.7 mm) across and in some cases tapering out to 1 inch (25 mm) in length. [1]

7. Granite - Wikipedia

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   Granite is a hard stone and requires skill to carve by hand. Until the early 18th century, in the Western world, granite could be carved only by hand tools with generally poor results. A key breakthrough was the invention of steam-powered cutting and dressing tools by Alexander MacDonald of Aberdeen , inspired by seeing ancient Egyptian granite ...