ASTM C568-99

Standard Specification for Limestone Dimension Stone

SCOPE
1.1 This specification covers the material characteristics, physical requirements, and sampling appropriate to the selection of limestone for general building and structural purposes.  
1.2 Dimension limestone shall include stone that is sawed, cut, split, or otherwise finished or shaped, and shall specifically exclude molded, cast, or otherwise artificially aggregated units of composed fragments, and also crushed and broken stone.

General Information

• Status: Historical
• Publication Date: 09-Apr-1999
• ICS: 91.100.15 - Mineral materials and products
• Technical Committee: C18 - Dimension Stone
• Drafting Committee: C18.03 - Material Specifications

Relations

• Replaced By: ASTM C568-03 - Standard Specification for Limestone Dimension Stone
• Effective Date: 01-Dec-2003
• Referred By: ASTM C1528/C1528M-20 - Standard Guide for Selection of Dimension Stone
• Effective Date: 10-Apr-1999
• Referred By: ASTM C1401-23 - Standard Guide for Structural Sealant Glazing
• Effective Date: 10-Apr-1999
• Referred By: ASTM C1721-22 - Standard Guide for Petrographic Examination of Dimension Stone
• Effective Date: 10-Apr-1999
• Referred By: ASTM C1242-23 - Standard Guide for Selection, Design, and Installation of Dimension Stone Attachment Systems
• Effective Date: 10-Apr-1999

Standards Content (Sample)

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Designation: C 568 – 99
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Reprinted from the Annual Book of ASTM Standards. Copyright ASTM
Standard Specification for
Limestone Dimension Stone
This standard is issued under the fixed designation C 568; the number immediately following the designation indicates the year of
original adoption or, in the case of revision, the year of last revision. A number in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval. A
superscript epsilon (e) indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.
This standard has been approved for use by agencies of the Department of Defense.
1. Scope carbonate of calcium and magnesium (the mineral dolomite) or
a mixture of the two.
1.1 This specification covers the material characteristics,
physical requirements, and sampling appropriate to the selec-
4. Classification
tion of limestone for general building and structural purposes.
4.1 Dimension limestone shall be classified into three cat-
1.2 Dimension limestone shall include stone that is sawed,
egories, generally descriptive of those limestones having den-
cut, split, or otherwise finished or shaped and shall specifically
sities in approximate ranges, as follows:
exclude molded, cast, or otherwise artificially aggregated units
4.1.1 I (Low-Density)—Limestone having a density rang-
of composed fragments, and also crushed and broken stone.
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ing from 110 through 135 lb/ft (1760 through 2160 kg/m ).
2. Referenced Documents 4.1.2 II (Medium-Density)—Limestone having a density
greater than 135 and not greater than 160 lb/ft (2160 through
2.1 ASTM Standards:
2560 kg/m ).
C 97 Test Methods for Absorption and Bulk Specific Grav-
2 4.1.3 III (High-Density)—Limestone having a density
ity of Dimension Stone
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greater than 160 lb/ft (2560 kg/m ).
C 99 Test Method for Modulus of Rupture of Dimension
Stone
5. Physical Requirements
C 119 Terminology Relating to Dimension Stone
5.1 Limestone supplied under this specification shall con-
C 170 Test Method for Compressive Strength of Dimension
2 form to the physical requirements listed in Table 1.
Stone
5.2 Limestone shall be sound, durable, and free of spalls,
C 241 Test Method for Abrasion Resistance of Stone Sub-
2 cracks, open seams, pits, or other defects that are likely to
jected to Foot Traffic
impair its structural integrity in its intended use.
C 1353 Test Method Using the Taber Abraser for Abrasion
2 5.3 The desired color and texture, with their permissible
Resistance of Dimension Stone Subjected to Foot Traffic
natural variations in material characteristics for all material to
3. Terminology be produced for the project, shall be established by control
samples. Select representative samples by viewing a sufficient
3.1 Definitions—All definitions are in accordance with Ter-
number of physical samples prior to production that show the
minology C 119.
complete range of variations in color and texture of the
3.1.1 limestone, n—a sedimentary rock composed princi-
limestone specified.
pally of calcium carbonate (the mineral calcite) or the double
6. Sampling
6.1 Samples, if require
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