In dealing with the first stonecutters, you must have come across common terms that you were not familiar with before or had difficulty translating. Lack of familiarity with these terms causes confusion and error in the purchase of stone for the buyer and also limits the sale of stone to a few common sizes. In this article, we try to address some of these keywords in the field of selling marble and buying building stone.

Stone block

The first product extracted from the quarry is the block, which is extracted in the form of a big block from the chest of the quarry. Its dimensions are variable and its weight is between 25 and 27 tons and it is transported from the quarry to the  processing by floor trailers. How to cut and not have cracks and complete the shape of the sides is effective in improving the quality of the cut stone. When buying a block, usually choose blocks that have perfect sides and are homogeneous in terms of color and texture.

Slab stone

Stone blocks are cut after transfer to stone cutting. Slab stone is a stone that has larger dimensions than 1 meter and has a high quality in terms of sub quality and granulation. When buying marble slabs, the density of lines, granulation and homogeneity of the surface should be considered

Carcass stone

Carcass stone is a stone that can not be used as a decorative stone, carcass stone but can be used to build walls and use in the construction of bridges and.. Also in stone processing factories, carcass stone is used to produce stone powder. Most of the building stones that are used in the form of masonry (cut stone and carcass stone hammer) or irregular shapes for the foundation, wall and foundation of the bridge are in the row of carcass stone. In other words, stone quarries that do not produce slate and quarry are used as carcass stone and carcass stone is exploited.

Slate

If the carcass stone is shaped into regular shapes in stone detectives and stone cutters with axes. Slate is produced that is limited in use and is used in some exterior walls and gardens. One of the forms of buying slate is its heterogeneity and disproportion.

Windward stone

windward stone is a stone that is square or rectangular in hammers with hammers.

Stone plaques

Plaque stone is a term for longitudinal stones that are usually cut in widths of 30, 35 and 40. It is recommended to buy marble slabs in areas that have special spaces and rectangular halls.