Sentence examples for quality of stone from inspiring English sources

Restorers have also begun repairing heavy stone facades with a slurry of concrete and fiberglass strands that is lightweight and, when dry, mimics the crystalline quality of stone.

The quality of stone and its match to the label can be checked at the assay office in every county town.

The correcting qualities of stone have been known for millennia – Emperor Nero was thought to use emerald to watch (presumably green-tinted) gladiatorial games.

Conversely, the more colored-light ("fire") a stone refracts, the lower the quality of the stone.

It is saved from being a complete rip-off of Richard Long's stone floor pieces by the exotic quality of the stone.

This does not affect the quality of the stone in any way, so a heavier weight does not necessarily indicate a higher quality stone.

Aside from finding out whether or not the stone is fake, a good appraiser can answer a variety of questions about the quality of your stone to make sure that you're not getting ripped off.

Odissi dance is ambiguous in character, with liquid articulations of neck, waist and hip creating curves which, while momentary and charged with erotic promise, also suggest the still, eternal quality of Indian stone statuary.

In order to assess the quality of each stone as a building material, it is important to analyse its particular petrographic characteristics and physical properties, as these affect its behaviour when exposed to agents of decay.

"In the past few years the quality of the stone cutting and manufacturing in India has really improved," said Harriet Schreiner, a spokeswoman for Kay Jewelers, the nation's second-largest mall jewelry chain.

In a city where the common rule for brownstone facade repair is to trowel on a coat of tinted stucco, dead and flat, this facade has the rich, luminous quality of real stone.