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caen stone
a cream-colored limestone quarried near Caen, France, for use in building. -
carrara marble
a white or blue-gray marble quarried at Carrara, Italy. -
dimension stone
quarried and squared stone 2 feet (0.6 meters) or more in length and width and of specified thickness. -
freestone
a fruit having a stone to which the flesh does not cling, as certain peaches and plums. -
porphyry
a very hard rock, anciently quarried in Egypt, having a dark, purplish-red groundmass containing small crystals of feldspar. -
quarry
an excavation or pit, usually open to the air, from which building stone, slate, or the like, is obtained by cutting, blasting, etc.