Natural Stone Industry Glossary

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ABRASION RESISTANCE
ABRASIVE FINISH 
ABRASIVE HARDNESS 
ABSORPTION 
ABUTMENT 
ACCELERATOR 
ACID WASH 
ACRYLIC EMULSIONS 
ACRYLICS 
ACTIVE SOLIDS 
ADHERED 
ADOQUIN 
AGATE 
AGGLOMERATE 
AGGREGATE 
ALABASTER 
ALTERATION 
ALUMINA 
ALUMINUM STEARATE 
AMBIENT TEMPERATURE 
ANHYDROUS 
ANORTHOSITE 
ANTIQUE FINISH 
APEX STONE 
APRON 
ARAGONITE (CaCO3) 
ARCUATED CONSTRUCTION 
ARGILLITE 
AROMATIC SOLVENTS 
ARRIS 
ARTIFICIAL MARBLE
ARTIFICIAL STONE 
BACK ARCH 
BACK FILLING 
BACKING 
BACKING ROD 
BACKSPLASH TILE
BANKER 
BASALT 
BASE BLOCK 
BASE COURSE 
BATTED 
BED 
BED JOINT 
BEDDING PLANE
BELT COURSE 
BENCH 
BERM 
BIOTITE 
BLACK GRANITE 
BLEED 
BLENDS 
BLUESTONE 
BRECCIA 
CALCAREOUS 
CALCITE 
CALCITE LIMESTONE 
CALCITE MARBLE 
CALCITE STREAKS 
CALCIUM OXIDE 
CAMBER 
CANTERA 
CAP STONE 
CAPACITY INSULATION 
CAPILLARY ACTION 
CARBONATE 
CARBONIC ACID 
CAST STONE 
CATALYST 
CAULK 
CEMENT 
CHAMFER 
CHAT SAWED 
CHIP 
CIRCULAR FACE 
CIRCULAR SUNK FACE 
CLADDING 
CLASTIC 
CLAY 
CLAY MORTAR 
CLEAN BACK 
CLEANOUT HOLES 
CLEAR COATING 
CLEARANCE 
CLEAVAGE 
CLEAVAGE MEMBRANE 
CLEAVAGE PLANE 
CLIFT FINISH 
COATING 
COBBLESTONE 
COMMERCIAL FLOORING
COMMERCIAL MARBLE 
COMPACT LIMESTONE 
COMPOSITE 
CONDENSATION 
CONGLOMERATE 
CONSOLIDATION 
CONTOUR SCALING 
CONTROL JOINT 
COPE STONE 
COPING 
COQUINA 
CORAL LIMESTONE 
CORNERSTONE 
CORNICE 
CORROSION RESISTANT 
COUNTERTOPS
COURSE 
COURSED VENEER 
COUSSINET 
COVE BASE 
COVE JOINT 
CRACK 
CRAMP 
CRANDALL 
CRATERING 
CROSSETTE 
DAB 
DACITE 
DADO 
DAMP COURSE 
DAMP PROOFING 
DAMP PROOFING COURSE
DEFLECTION 
DELAMINATION 
DEPTH OF GLOSS 
DESIGN 
DIABASE 
DIE 
DIMENSIONAL STONE 
DIORITE 
DOLOMITE 
DOLOMITE MARBLE 
DOLOMITIC LIMESTONE 
DOLOSTONE 
DOVETAIL ANCHOR 
DOVETAIL MOLDING 
DRESSED/HAND DRESSED 
DRESSING 
DRIP 
DRIP MOLD 
DROVE 
DRY PACK 
DRY SEAM 
DRY WALL
DUAL FINISH 
DURABILITY 
DUTCHMAN 
EFFLORESCENCE 
EGGSHELL FINISH 
EIGHT-CUT FINISH 
EMULSION 
ENCRINAL MARBLE 
ENDOLITHIC 
ENGINEERED STONE 
ENTABLATURE 
ENTASIS 
EPOXY 
EPOXY RESIN 
ERECTION 
ETCHING 
EXFOLIATION 
EXPANSION 
EXPOSED AGGREGATE 
FABRICATION 
FACE 
FACIES, METAMORPHIC 
FACTOR OF SAFETY 
FACTORY-FINISH INSTALLATION 
FALSE JOINT 
FASCIA 
FAT MORTAR 
FAULT 
FEATHER EDGE 
FELDSPAR 
FERRUNGINOUS 
FIELD STONE 
FIELDSTONE 
FILLER STRIP 
FILLET 
FILLING 
FINES 
FINISH 
FIREPLACE 
FIREPROOFING 
FIXING 
FLAGSTONE 
FLAMED FINISH 
FLASHING 
FLEURI 
FLEURI CUT 
FLINT 
FLOAT 
FLOAT COAT 
FLOORING 
FLUTED 
FLUTING 
FOUR-CORNER FINISH 
FOUR-MAN BOULDERS 
FOYER 
FREESTONE 
FRIEZE 
FROG 
FRONT 
FULL MORTAR BEDDING 
FURRING 
GABBRO 
GABLE 
GALLET 
GANG SAW 
GANG SAWED 
GANTRY SAW 
GARRETING 
GAUGED 
GLASS MOSAIC
GLASS SEAM 
GLOSS 
GNIESS 
GRADE COURSE 
GRAIN 
GRANITE 
GRANITE COUNTERTOP
GRANITE SLAB
GRANULAR 
GRAVEL 
GREEN MORTAR 
GREENSTONE 
GREYWACKE 
GRIND-IN-PLACE INSTALLATION 
GROG 
GROUT 
GROUT CORE MASONRY 
GROUT LIFT 
GROUT POUR 
GROUTED MASONRY 
GUIDE SPECIFICATION 
GYPSUM 
HAIRLINE CRACKING
HALF BULLNOSE 
HALF ROUND 
HALITE 
HAND CUT RANDOM RECTANGULAR 
HARD-BURNED 
HARDNESS 
HEAD 
HEAD JOINT 
HEADER 
HEADSTONE 
HEARTH 
HEMIHYDRATE 
HERRINGBONE 
HEWN STONE 
HIGH-STRENGTH ADHESIVE 
HONE FINISH 
HONES/HONE FINISH 
HORNEBLEND 
HYDRATE 
HYDRATED LIME 
HYDRAULIC 
HYDROPHILIC 
HYDROPHOBIC 
IGNEOUS ROCK 
IMPORT BROKER 
IMPORTER 
IMPREGNATION 
IMPREGNATOR 
INCISE 
INDENTING 
INLAY 
JOINT 
JOINT REINFORCEMENT 
JOINTING 
JOINTING SCHEME 
JUMPER 
KAOLINITE 
KERF 
KEY BLOCK 
KEYSTONE 
KILN 
KILN RUN 
KING CLOSURE 
KNEELER 
LAMINATION 
LANDSCAPE STONES
LAP 
LATERAL SUPPORT 
LATEX ADHESIVE 
LAVA 
LEAN MORTAR 
LEDGER PANELS
LEDGER STONE
LEGS 
LEGS 
LEWIS BOLT 
LEWIS HOLES 
LIME HYDRATED 
LIME PUTTY 
LIME-HYDRAULIC 
LIMESTONE 
LINE PIN 
LINERS 
LINTEL 
LIPPAGE 
LIPPING 
LOAD BEARING 
LUG 
LUG SILL 
MACHINE FINISH 
MALPAIS 
MANTEL 
MANUFACTURED 
MANUFACTURER 
MARBLE 
METAMORPHIC ROCK 
MICRO FIBER 
MOHS SCALE 
MOSAIC
MOSAIC TILE
MOSAICS
NATURAL BED 
NATURAL CEMENT 
NATURAL CLEFT 
NATURAL STONE 
NATURAL STONE MOSAICS
NEAT CEMENT 
NEGATIVE LIP 
NOMINAL DIMENSION 
NON-COMBUSTIBLE 
NON-CORRODING 
NON-FERROUS 
NON-STAINING MORTAR
NOSING 
OBSIDIAN 
OFF FALL 
OFFSET 
OGEE 
ONE-MAN BOULDERS 
ONYX MARBLE 
OOLITIC LIMESTONE 
OPALIZED 
OPHICALCITE 
ORGANIC 
OUT-CROP 
OUT-OF-WIND 
OVER BURDEN 
PALLETIZED 
PANEL 
PARGING 
PARQUETRY 
PATCH 
PATINA 
PAVER 
PEDESTAL 
PERMEABILITY 
PERPENDER 
PERRONS 
PETROGLYPHY 
PHENOCYRST 
PHENOL 
PICKED 
PIER 
PILASTER 
PISCINA 
PITCHED 
PITCHED STONE 
PLANER 
PLATE TRACERY 
PLINTHS 
PLUCKED FINISH 
PLUG AND FEATHERS 
PLUMB BOMB 
PLUMB RULE 
POINT 
POINT FINISH 
POINTING 
POLISHED 
POLYESTER RESIN 
POLYETHYLENE FILM 
PORCELAIN
POROSITY 
PORPHYRY 
PORTLAND CEMENT 
POSITIVE LIP 
POULTICING 
PRE-CAST 
PREASSEMBLED UNITS 
PREFABRICATED COUNTERTOPS
PREFABRICATED GRANITE
PRESSURE RELIEVING JOINT 
PRODUCER 
PROFILE 
PROFILE MACHINE 
PROJECTIONS 
PYRITE 
QUARRIED STONE 
QUARRIER 
QUARRY 
QUARRY BLOCK 
QUARRY RUN 
QUARRY SAP
QUARTER ROUND 
QUARTZ 
QUARTZ-BASED STONE 
QUARTZATIC SANDSTONE
QUARTZITE 
QUEEN CLOSURE 
QUICKLIME 
QUIONS 
RABBETT 
RACKING 
RAKE 
RANDOM 
RANDOM ASHLAR 
RANDOM MASONRY 
RANGE 
RANGE OF COLOR 
RE-CRYSTALLIZED LIMESTONE 
RE-POINTING 
REBATED KERF 
RECEPTOR 
REEDED 
REGRATING 
REINFORCEMENT 
RELIEF 
RESINING 
RESTAURANT FLOORING
RESTORATION 
RETAINING WALL STONE
RETARDING AGENT 
RETEMPURING
RETUCLITATED WORK 
RETURN 
RETURN HEAD 
REVEAL 
RIFT 
RIPRAP 
RISE 
RISING RAMP 
RIVEN 
ROCK 
ROCK (PITCH) FACE 
ROCKED FINISH
RODDING 
ROMAN ARCH 
ROSE WINDOW 
ROUGH BACK 
ROUGH SAWN 
ROUGHING OUT 
ROWLOCK 
RUBBED FINISH 
RUBBING STONE 
RUBBLE 
RUSTIC 
RUSTICATED 
RUSTIFICATION 
SAND BLASTED 
SANDSTONE 
SAWED EDGE 
SAWED FINISH 
SEALING 
SEDIMENTARY STONES 
SERPENTINE 
SETTER 
SHALE 
SLATE 
SOUNDNESS 
SPALL 
STONE CARE AND MAINTENANCE
STUNNED CRYSTALS, (MARKS) 
TCA (Tile Council Of America) 
TEMPLATE 
TERRAZZO 
TEXTURE 
TEXTURED FINISH 
THERMAL FINISH 
THIN STONE 
THRESHOLD 
TILE 
TOLERANCE 
TRANSLUCENCE 
TRAVERTINE 
TUMBLE FINISH 
TUMBLED TRAVERTINE
TUMBLER 
VEIN 
VEIN CUT 
VENEER 
VITRIFICATION 
VOUSSOIR 
VUG 
WALL TILE
WARPED 
WASH 
WATER BASE 
WATER MARK
WATER OF CRYSTALLIZATION 
WATERPROOFING 
WAXING 
WEAR 
WEATHERED JOINT 
WEATHERING 
WEDGING 
WEEP HOLES 
WETTING 
WHOLESALER 
WIND (WINED) 
WINDOW SILL 
WINDOW STOOL 
WIRE SAW 
WIRE SAWN 
WRAP AROUND