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quarrying quarrying
quarrying open, or surface, excavation of rock used for various purposes, including construction, ornamentation, road building, and as an industrial raw material. Rock that has been quarried is commonly called stone. Quarrying methods depend chiefly on the desired size and shape of the stone and... Read more
history of the search for economic deposits history of the search for economic deposits
history of the search for economic deposits Economic deposits, as considered here, include the metallic ores and other industrial minerals, building materials, and fossil fuels. Man's need for an increasing range of them has risen dramatically during the twentieth century, but his earliest needs... Read more
marble marble
marble metamorphic rock composed wholly or in large part of calcite or dolomite crystals, the crystalline texture being the result of metamorphism of limestone by heat and pressure. The term marble is loosely applied to any limestone or dolomite that takes a good polish and is otherwise... Read more
agate agate
agate , translucent, cryptocrystalline variety of quartz and a subvariety of chalcedony . Agates are identical in chemical structure to jasper, flint, chert, petrified wood, and tiger's-eye, and are often found in association with opal. The colorful, banded rocks are used as a semiprecious... Read more
feldspar feldspar
feldspar or felspar , an abundant group of rock-forming minerals which constitute 60% of the earth's crust. Chemically the feldspars are silicates of aluminum, containing sodium, potassium, iron, calcium, or barium or combinations of these elements. Feldspar is found in association with all rock... Read more
syenite syenite
syenite , coarse-grained igneous rock , similar in appearance and composition to granite. Unlike granite, it contains little or no quartz. The chief minerals in syenite are the feldspars, with mica, hornblende, and pyroxene. Varieties are distinguished (according to the ferromagnesian minerals... Read more
masonry masonry
masonry. 1. Art, craft, and practice of building with natural or artificial stone, involving its quarrying, cutting, dressing, jointing, and laying.2. Work produced by a mason, such as an ashlar wall, stone dressings, and the like. Types of masonry include:ashlar: stone cut and dressed to accurate... Read more
gneiss gneiss
gneiss , coarse-grained, imperfectly foliated, or layered, metamorphic rock . Gneiss is characterized by alternating light and dark bands differing in mineral composition and having coarser grains than those of schist. The light bands of gneiss are generally composed of quartz and feldspar .... Read more
limestone limestone
limestone sedimentary rock wholly or in large part composed of calcium carbonate. It is ordinarily white but may be colored by impurities, iron oxide making it brown, yellow, or red and carbon making it blue, black, or gray. The texture varies from coarse to fine. Most limestones are formed by the... Read more
flint flint
flint variety of quartz that commonly occurs in rounded nodules and whose crystal structure is not visible to the naked eye. Flint is dark gray, smoky brown, or black in color; pale gray flint is called chert. When found in chalk or in other rocks containing lime, the nodules frequently have a... Read more

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On Exhibit; Rocks, Blocks, and Eyelashes
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Exploding fireworks rock the blocks
Newspaper article from: The News Sun - Waukegan (IL) ...the neighborhood skies and M-80s rock your block. Not exactly the soothing sounds...steady glow of tracer rounds flying around you. I’ve been told I can...the amount of sleep deprivation around this time of year. One of the reasons...
New kid on the rock block is the flashy Motown Cafe.(Originated from...
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Gas explosion rocks block of flats.(News)(Medical condition overview)
Newspaper article from: Birmingham Mail (England) THIRTY firefighters were at the scene of a suspected gas explosion which rocked a block of flats today. Around 40 residents were cleared from the block at Drinkwater Road, South Harrow, North London, at 8am. One man was being treated at...
Gas explosion rocks block of flats
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Start-up helps teens find jobs; Rock Your Block is developing an app that...
Newspaper article from: Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN) ...competing for the same jobs. Rock Your Block LLC hopes to level the...looking at opportunities around me, versus going door...Jobs can be chores around a neighborhood, such...expansion. But Young said Rock Your Block stands out from its competitors...
Rock The Block City Street Has Reasons To Party
Newspaper article from: Intelligencer Journal/New Era ...Writer The ninth annual Rock the Block - held Sunday in the 300...He was spotted walking around at last week's First Friday and was among the Rock the Block crowd Sunday...a good time." Skating around and having a good time...
ROCK SLIDE BLOCKS MAIN ACCESS TO HOMES
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MUSIC, MERRIMENT ROCK THE BLOCK.(CAPITAL REGION)
Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY) ...at the Caroline Street Block Party Sunday sporting...with the rain,'' Dori Rock of Saratoga Springs said. Rock said she has attended...with spiral hair.'' Rock and her friend Donna...kids.'' A blue ring around Michael's lips...

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