ASTM C119-02c

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Designation: C 119 – 02c
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 (ϵ) indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.
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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 cladding—nonload-bearing stone used as the facing material
in wall construction that contains other materials.
anchor—in general, a metal shape inserted into a slot or hole
coping—dimension stone used as the top course of a masonry
in the stone that provides for the transfer of loads from the
wall, often sloped to shed water.
stone to the building structure, either directly or through an
crack—a partial break in the stone (see fracture, microcrack,
intermediate structure.
seam).
anchorage—the system consisting of stone, anchor and pri-
cubic stock—in general, a thick dimension stone unit which is
mary structure, secondary structure or back-up preventing
not precisely defined in terms of thickness, particularly for
lateral movement of the stone.
limestoneandsandstone.Formarbleorgranite,aunitthatis
arris—thejunctionoftwoplanesofthesamestoneformingan
greaterthan50mminthickness.Forlimestone,aunitthatis
external corner.
greater than 75 mm to 100 mm in thickness, and for
ashlar—(1) a squared block of building stone; (2) a masonry
sandstone, a unit that is greater than 150 mm to 200 mm in
of such stones; (3) a thin-dressed rectangle of stone for
thickness. (In contrast, see thin stone.)
facing of walls (often called ashlar veneer).
cut stone—stone fabricated to specific dimensions.
building stone—natural rock of adequate quality to be quar-
dimension stone—natural stone that has been selected and
riedandcutasdimensionstoneasitexistsinnature,asused
fabricated to specific sizes or shapes.
in the construction industry.
DISCUSSION—The term dimension stone is in contradistinction to
chip—an irregularly-shaped piece of stone, usually with one
crushed and broken stone, such as is used for aggregate, roadstone, fill,
convex surface, that has been dislodged from a snip.
orchemicalrawmaterials.Incommonpractice,somedimensionstones
are reinforced, filled, or surface treated.
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This terminology is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee C18 on
dressed stone—See cut stone, finished stone.
Dimension Stone and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee C18.91 on
durability—the measure of the ability of dimension stone to
Nomenclature and Definitions.
endure and to maintain its essential and distinctive charac-
Current edition approved Nov. 10, 2002. Published January 2003. Originally
published as C119–26T. Last previous edition C119–02b. teristics of strength, resistance to decay, and appearance.
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C119–02c
Durability is based on the length of time that a stone can grain—(1) a distinguishable rock constituent which itself has
maintain its innate characteristics in use.This time will vary a distinct identity, for example, a mineral crystal, an oolith,
depending on the environment, the use, and the finish of the a rock fragment (in sedimentary rocks), or clast.
stone in quest
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