Stone
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Stone may refer to:
[edit] Construction and building
- Masonry, the building of structures from stone
- Coade stone, a special form of vitreous stoneware, used for monumental work and architectural decoration
- Standing stone, a solitary stone set vertically into the ground
- See also: list of stone for the types of stone used in sculpture and construction
[edit] Geology
- Rock (geology), a naturally occurring aggregate of minerals and/or mineraloids, or an individual piece of rock
- Marble, a metamorphic rock resulting from the metamorphism of limestone
- See also: List of rock types
[edit] Books and comics
- Stone (novel), a science fiction novel by Adam Roberts
- Stone trilogy, a novel series by Graham Edwards
- Stone (Marvel Comics), several characters in the Marvel Comics universe
- Stones, a young adult novel by William E. Bell
[edit] Film and television
- Stone (film), a 1974 Australian action-adventure
- The Stones (TV series), an American sitcom
- Piedras (film) (Stones), a 2002 Spanish film
- Stone Phillips, a television news anchor
[edit] Music
- Stone (band), a Finnish thrash metal band
- The Stone (band), a Serbian black metal band
- The Stones (New Zealand band), a New Zealand rock band
- The Rolling Stones, a British rock and roll band, often called "the Stones"
- "Stones" (song), a song popular in the Ultima RPG universe
- Stones (Neil Diamond album)
- "The Stone" (Ashes Divide song)
- "Stone," a song by the Small Faces on the album First Step
[edit] Places in England
[edit] Units of measure
- Stone (mass), a unit of mass equal to fourteen pounds
- Stone (Chinese weight), a Chinese unit of weight equal to 120 piculs or 160 pounds
[edit] Other meanings
- Stone (surname)
- Stoning, a method of execution
- Stoneware, a category of clay or ceramic material
- Stone Brewing Company, a brewery in Escondido, California
- Gemstone, a type of stone used in jewelry
- Calculus (medicine), a stone formed in the body, such as kidney stones or gallstones
- Iskander, a missile system, SS-26 Stone in NATO reporting code
- A type of seed found in some fruits