Talk:Dimension stone

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This article was taken directly from the USGS site. Interesting...

My apologies on the ASTM link: it was the best I could do. I suggest you go to a major library and make your own copy of the ASTM specifications you want-they are in Volume 4.07 (There are shelves of these volumes). While you are at it, make a copy of C119 (Terminology), C1528 (Stone Selection Guide), and C1515 (Cleaning Exterior Dimension Stone).

If you are interested in dimension stone, you can join ASTM C18. It is a group of about 100 senior executives and professionals from the Federal and state geological surveys, trade associations, other government agencies, producers and fabricators, stone test labs, architects, and stone restorationists. They vote for reapproval (they can and do vote negative) of every specification, definition, and test method every three years. No exceptions. There are a number of Canadians, and a few Brits and Australians on C18. They meet twice a year to sort out the negatives: if they find them persuasive the item has to be reballoted. And C18 members get a free publication... 4.249.234.38 22:38, 9 June 2007 (UTC)

Again, my apologies on the SME link; like ASTM, only members can get publications through their website. So when you are in the library for the ASTM publications, you can copy the Dimension Stone article in the June 2007 Mining Engineering; it's a review and outlook article.Bmhtayl 21:34, 26 July 2007 (UTC)

Public interest in selecting and installing stone in residences is very high these days, and after installation it has to be cleaned and maintained. Information on this topic is not easily available, so hopefully this will be very welcome. This new section has been deliberately kept short and not too technical. If more information is needed, the section could be expanded; let me know. For example, the poultice method could be described in detail. And do look at ASTM C1515. Bmhtayl 21:34, 26 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Imported into which countries

In this article, I read the following sentence:

A fairly small portion of the stone used in this application is imported; sources are such countries as Canada, India, and China.

I wondered whether the phrase "the stone used in this application" refers to the stone used anywhere in the world, or to the stone used in specific countries, possibly the United States. In the former case, it is okay, although it would be clearer if the article would explicitly state "used anywhere in the world". In the latter case, the article should mention into which countries the stone is imported, or, preferably, a list of countries with an indication of the portion of the stone used in that country in that application that is imported. I show an example below:

Country	Portion of the stone used for monuments
United States	small
Mexico	about 50%
El Salvador	all
...	...

(Figures given as example, not based on real data).

At the top of this Talk Page, I saw that the article was taken from the USGS site. Perhaps someone forgot to 'universalize' the text. Johan Lont 09:59, 10 August 2007 (UTC)