ASTM C119-03
(Terminology)Standard Terminology Relating to Dimension Stone
Standard Terminology Relating to Dimension Stone
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Designation: C 119 – 03
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 in wall construction that contains other materials.
coping—dimension stone used as the top course of a masonry
anchor—in general, a metal shape inserted into a slot or hole
wall, often sloped to shed water.
in the stone that provides for the transfer of loads from the
crack—a partial break in the stone (see fracture, microcrack,
stone to the building structure, either directly or through an
seam).
intermediate structure.
cubic stock—in general, a thick dimension stone unit which is
anchorage—the system consisting of stone, anchor and pri-
not precisely defined in terms of thickness for every kind of
mary structure, secondary structure or back-up preventing
stone, particularly for limestone and sandstone. For marble
lateral movement of the stone.
or granite, cubic stock is a unit that is greater than 50 mm in
arris—thejunctionoftwoplanesofthesamestoneformingan
thickness. For limestone, cubic stock is a unit that is greater
external corner.
than 75 mm to 100 mm in thickness, and for sandstone, a
ashlar—(1) a squared block of building stone; (2) a masonry
unit that is greater than 150 mm to 200 mm in thickness. (In
of such stones; (3) a thin-dressed rectangle of stone for
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
cladding—nonload-bearing stone used as the facing material
are reinforced, filled, or surface treated.
dressed stone—See cut stone, finished stone.
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This terminology is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee C18 on
durability—the measure of the ability of dimension stone to
Dimension Stone and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee C18.91 on
endure and to maintain its essential and distinctive charac-
Nomenclature and Definitions.
teristics of strength, resistance to decay, and appearance.
Current edition approved Jan. 10, 2003. Published February 2003. Originally
approved in 1926. Last previous edition approved in 2002 as 119–02c. Durability is based on the length of time that a stone can
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C119–03
maintain its innate characteristics in use.This time will vary (2)adirectioninarockbodyalongwhichitismoreeasily
depending on the environment, the use, and the finish of the broken, split, or cut. See rift.
stone in question (f
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