ASTM C119-08e2

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Designation:C119–08
Standard Terminology Relating to
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Dimension Stone
This standard is issued under the fixed designation C119; the number immediately following the designation indicates the year of
original adoption or, in the case of revision, the year of last revision.Anumber in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval.A
superscript epsilon (´) indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.
This standard has been approved for use by agencies of the Department of Defense.
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´ NOTE—In the definiton of microfissure “naked eye” was changed to “unaided eye” editorially in October 2009.
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´ NOTE—The words “or hollow” were removed from the 2nd definition of “rift” in August 2010.
INTRODUCTION
Dimension stone,asusedhere,isnaturalstonethathasbeenselectedandfabricatedtospecificsizes
or shapes, with or without one or more mechanically dressed or finished surfaces, for use as building
facing, curbing, paving stone, monuments and memorials, and various industrial products. The term
dimension stone is in contradistinction to crushed and broken stone, such as is used for aggregate,
roadstone, fill, or chemical raw materials. Because all stone is a natural material, the definition
excludes all manmade materials that simulate stone. In common practice, some dimension stones are
reinforced, filled, or surface treated.
Terms used in definitions and nomenclature shall be interpreted in accordance with commonly
accepted scientific and technical terms of the geological sciences except as otherwise specifically
noted.
Examples of such exceptions are the broader commercial definitions of granite and marble, which
have become well established in the dimension stone industry and trade. Definitions and terms
includedinthesedefinitionshavebeenformulatedinaccordancewithcommonindustrialusage where
this is not in conflict with current scientific usage.
GENERAL TERMS chip—an irregularly shaped fragment dislodged from a stone
surface.
anchor—in general, a metal shape inserted into a slot or hole
cladding—nonload-bearing stone used as the facing material
in the stone that provides for the transfer of loads from the
in wall construction that contains other materials.
stone to the building structure, either directly or through an
coping—dimension stone used as the top course of a masonry
intermediate structure.
wall, often sloped to shed water.
anchorage—the system consisting of stone, anchor and pri-
crack—a partial break in the stone (see fracture, microcrack,
mary structure, secondary structure or back-up preventing
seam).
lateral movement of the stone.
cubic stock—in general, a thick dimension stone unit which is
arris—thejunctionoftwoplanesofthesamestoneformingan
not precisely defined in terms of thickness for every kind of
external edge.
stone, particularly for limestone and sandstone. For marble
ashlar—(1) a squared block of building stone; (2) a masonry
or granite, cubic stock is a unit that is greater than 50 mm in
of such stones; (3) a thin-dressed rectangle of stone for
thickness. For limestone, cubic stock is a unit that is greater
facing of walls (often called ashlar veneer).
than 75 mm to 100 mm in thickness, and for sandstone, a
building stone—natural rock of adequate quality to be quar-
unit that is greater than 150 mm to 200 mm in thickness. (In
riedandcutasdimensionstoneasitexistsinnature,asused
contrast, see thin stone.)
in the construction industry.
cut stone—stone fabricated to specific dimensions.
dimension stone—natural stone that has been selected and
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This terminology is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee C18 on fabricated to specific sizes or shapes.
Dimension Stone and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee C18.91 on
DISCUSSION—The term dimension stone is in contradistinction to
Nomenclature and Definitions.
crushed and broken stone, such as is used for aggregate, roadstone, fill,
Current edition approved Feb. 1, 2008. Published March 2008. Originally
approved in 1926. Last previous edition approved in 2007 as C119–07a. DOI:
10.1520/C0119-08.
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C119–08
orchemicalrawmaterials.Incommonpractice,somedimensionstones
panel—cut stone with face dimensions large in relation to its
are reinforced, filled, or surface treated.
thickness, for placement in a building structure or frame
assembly.
dressed stone—See cut stone, finished stone.
paving—stone used in an interior pedestrian wearing surface
durability—the measure of the ability of dimension stone to
as in patios, walkways, driveways, and the like. (See
endure and to maintain its essential and distinctive charac-
flooring)
teristics of strength, resistance to decay, and appearance.
pits—small depressions, voids o
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