stone

The stones are mineral volumes that are created naturally and can be found in nature, the places where there are massive amount of stone are called quarry's, and they are huge excavations, I know so many different kinds of stones like marble or pumice stone and depending on the minerals they are composed of, they can have so many different characteristics like color or weight, stone is used in constructions because it is a durable material that is strong in compression and can be sculpt, so you can make architectural forms and buildings with it that are going to stand up for a very long time.

work in pairs One of the most popular materials for construction is stone, because we can find it in nature and it is appropriate for sculptural works, that´s one of the reasons it was so used in ancient times. Stone is a natural material made from an aggregation of minerals. They come in different colors and shapes. Also, depending of which kind of stone, they could have diverse characteristics like weight, durability, resistance, harness, etc. However, some of the disadvantages of this material are their weakness when it is exposed to tension, their cost and the difficulty for being quarry. The material can be work in two ways, rubble and ashlar-masonry, the first one consist in crush the stone to get little pieces out of it, and the second consists in cut big block of the quarry.