ASTM C503-03

Standard Specification for Marble Dimension Stone (Exterior)

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

General Information

• Status: Historical
• Publication Date: 30-Nov-2003
• ICS: 91.100.15 - Mineral materials and products
• Technical Committee: C18 - Dimension Stone
• Drafting Committee: C18.03 - Material Specifications

Relations

• Replaces: ASTM C503-99e1 - Standard Specification for Marble Dimension Stone (Exterior)
• Effective Date: 01-Dec-2003
• Replaced By: ASTM C503-05 - Standard Specification for Marble Dimension Stone
• Effective Date: 01-Jun-2005
• Referred By: ASTM C1242-23 - Standard Guide for Selection, Design, and Installation of Dimension Stone Attachment Systems
• Effective Date: 01-Dec-2003
• Referred By: ASTM C1401-23 - Standard Guide for Structural Sealant Glazing
• Effective Date: 01-Dec-2003
• Referred By: ASTM C1515-20 - Standard Guide for Cleaning of Exterior Dimension Stone, Vertical And Horizontal Surfaces, New or Existing
• Effective Date: 01-Dec-2003
• Referred By: ASTM C1528/C1528M-20 - Standard Guide for Selection of Dimension Stone
• Effective Date: 01-Dec-2003
• Referred By: ASTM C1721-22 - Standard Guide for Petrographic Examination of Dimension Stone
• Effective Date: 01-Dec-2003

Standards Content (Sample)

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Designation: C 503 – 03
Standard Specification for
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Marble Dimension Stone (Exterior)
This standard is issued under the fixed designation C 503; 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.
1. Scope 3. Terminology
1.1 This specification covers the material characteristics, 3.1 Definitions—All definitions are in accordance with Ter-
physical requirements, and sampling appropriate to the selec- minology C 119.
tion of marble for general (exterior) building and structural 3.1.1 marble, n—a crystalline rock composed predomi-
purposes. nantly of one or more of the following minerals: calcite,
1.2 Dimension marble shall include stone that is sawed, cut, dolomite, or serpentine and capable of taking a polish (see
split, or otherwise finished or shaped and shall specifically Terminology C 119).
exclude molded, cast, or otherwise artificially aggregated units
4. Classification
composed of fragments, and also crushed and broken stone.
4.1 Dimension marble (exterior) is classified as follows:
2. Referenced Documents
4.1.1 I Calcite.
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2.1 ASTM Standards: 4.1.2 II Dolomite.
C 97 Test Methods for Absorption and Bulk Specific Grav- 4.1.3 III Serpentine.
ity of Dimension Stone 4.1.4 IV Travertine.
C 99 Test Method for Modulus of Rupture of Dimension
5. Physical Properties
Stone
C 119 Terminology Relating to Dimension Stone 5.1 Marble supplied under this specification shall conform
to the physical requirements prescribed in Table 1.
C 170 Test Method for Compressive Strength of Dimension
Stone 5.2 Marble for exterior use shall be sound, durable, and free
of spalls, cracks, open seams, pits, or other defects that are
C 241 Test Method for Abrasion Resistance of Stone Sub-
jected to Foot Traffic likely to impair its structural integrity in its intended use.
C 880 Test Method for Flexural Strength of Dimension 5.3 The desired color and texture, with their permissible
natural variations in material characteristics for all material to
Stone
C 1353 Test Method Using the Taber Abraser for Abrasion be produced for the project, shall be established by control
samples. Select representative samples by viewing a sufficient
Resistance of Dimension Stone Subjected to Foot Traffic
number of physical samples prior to production that show the
complete range of variations in color and texture of the marble
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This specification is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee C18 on
specified.
Dimension Stone and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee C18.03 on
Material Specifications.
6. Sampling
Current edition approved Dec. 1, 2003. Published January 2004. Originally
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approved in 1962. Last previous edition approved in 1999 as C 503 – 99 .
6.1 Samples, if required, for testing to determine the char-
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marble to be used.
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