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To: SunkenCiv

How many ways are there to work with stone?


15 posted on 08/08/2020 11:20:41 AM PDT by Mr. Blond
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To: Mr. Blond
"How many ways are there to work with stone?"

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See #13, this thread

To those major methods for friable stone, add "Indirect percussion" (aka "punching")

Then add "pecking, grinding, and polishing", which are commonly used to shape granular, non-glass-like stone. (pipes, celts)

And, then, there are "brute force methods" such as "grooving, wedging and splitting") for quarrying tough, granular stone.

20 posted on 08/08/2020 12:44:57 PM PDT by TXnMA (Anagram: "PANDEMIC --> DEM PANIC")
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