{"id":9379,"date":"2019-10-28T01:50:08","date_gmt":"2019-10-28T01:50:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newmcpedras.chitas.cloud\/sem-categoria\/what-is-natural-stone\/"},"modified":"2024-08-06T11:52:03","modified_gmt":"2024-08-06T11:52:03","slug":"what-is-natural-stone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pedrasmc.com\/en\/blog-en\/curiosities\/what-is-natural-stone\/","title":{"rendered":"What is Natural Stone?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Get to know natural stone, such as marble, granite, limestone and others.\nWhat it is, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pedrasmc.com\/produtos\/\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"undefined (opens in a new tab)\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">how you can use it.<\/a> <\/p>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>It is the oldest building material used since prehistoric times as a constructive and decorative element<\/li><li>Extracted directly from quarries<\/li><li>Natural and finite mineral resource<\/li><li>Sustainable and ecological material because it is energy efficient and recyclable to infinity.\nIt is also non-polluting <\/li><li>Durability, resistance and hardness.\nIt&#8217;s a long-lasting material that only requires maintenance so that it &#8220;lasts a lifetime&#8221; <\/li><li>Versatile: Because it adapts to any architectural project, whether traditional or contemporary<\/li><li>Exclusive: Because every natural stone is different and unique<\/li><li>Value: Any home with natural stone will have more value than one without.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/manuelcardoso.chitas.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/1-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4426\"\/><figcaption>Figure 1: Natural stone design<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n<p>How do you find out?<br\/>  Rock experts and geologists use prospecting methods to find out where there is stone in the earth.\nThere are many marble quarries in the world, in countries such as Portugal, Italy and Egypt, Greece, etc. <\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/manuelcardoso.chitas.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4427\" width=\"386\" height=\"217\"\/><figcaption>Figure 2: Source: Observer<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How is it extracted?<\/h4>\n\n<p>Quarries are built and then the rock is removed.\nThe quarries are open-air.\nThe stone is extracted from the earth by drilling, sawing and pulling huge blocks of rock out of the ground.\nThe aim is to obtain a basic shape of a large rectangle, so that it is easier to shape it into what we call a <strong>Block<\/strong>.   <\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/manuelcardoso.chitas.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/3.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4428\" width=\"790\" height=\"593\"\/><figcaption>Figure 3: Stone block<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>How is<\/strong>natural stone <strong>transported<\/strong>?<\/h4>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>After the stone is removed from the earth, it is examined to assess its quality.<\/li><li>The stone of a particular color is put together.\nImpurities and cracks are removed. <\/li><li>The blocks are transported from the quarries to the processing plants by truck.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n<p>Now you know what Natural Stone is! <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"undefined (opens in a new tab)\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Share<\/a> this article with a friend!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Get to know natural stone, such as marble, granite, limestone and others. 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It is the oldest building material used since prehistoric times as a constructive and decorative element Extracted directly from quarries Natural and finite mineral resource Sustainable and ecological material because it is energy efficient and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":9301,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[54,52],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9379","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog-en","category-curiosities"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pedrasmc.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9379","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pedrasmc.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pedrasmc.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pedrasmc.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pedrasmc.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9379"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pedrasmc.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9379\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9381,"href":"https:\/\/pedrasmc.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9379\/revisions\/9381"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pedrasmc.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9301"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pedrasmc.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9379"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pedrasmc.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9379"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pedrasmc.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9379"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}