Stones

=**What are Stones? ** = A piece of rock shaped or finished for some purpose. Purposes like building, paving block, gravestone or memorial. =**How many kinds of stone do you know? ** = =**What characteristics do stones have? ** = =**Why are stones used in construction? ** = The stones are used in construction for its hardness, durability and ease in adapting to various environments.
 * I know of 3 kinds of stones: **Limestone, Marble and Granite.
 * Stones are strong, heavy, big, useful, among others. **

Stone's paragraph

The stone is a material that can be a great complement to any architectural work. Among the most striking of the stones are different stoneworks, among them are the rubble (stones of different shapes used in a device) that are attractive for their low cost, on the other side is the ashlar masonry (stones cut so rectangular), interesting because of its strength, we can find as an example of the last one the entablatures (consisting of stones used to create columns) of a favorite antique architectural works, among other ways of working stone. Like any material, stone has advantages and disadvantages, the advantages are adaptability, durability and natural use, but we can see disadvantages like the difficulty in cutting, little possibility of its transport, its price, its weight. But it is a very interesting material for the architectural work.

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