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Can you write with stones?
You can write with a soft stone on a harder stone; writing with chalk on slate is a familiar example.You can also write with a hard stone on a softer stone, using the harder stone as an engraving tool. There are a lot of examples of this on paleolithic artifacts.
Is slate hard soft or smooth?
Slate is a hard and brittle rock.
How do you remove scratches from slate?
It takes a cotton buffing wheel and a pumice stone-time consuming and messy
What types of stone are part of the dimension stone industry?
34 percent was granite dimension stone, 28 percent limestone, 16 percent sandstone, 5 percent marble, 1 percent slate, and 16 percent other types of dimension stone.
Why can't limestone turn into slate?
Limestone is composed of the minute skeletal remains of sea creatures. Slate is the compressed mud and silt deposited on the sea floor. Both limestone and slate have been subjected to tremendous pressure and have become stone. Slate easily splits into sheets and can be used as a roofing material. Limestone can be used as a building material, and as hardcore in the construction and road making industries.
What has the author Frank Eliscu written?
Frank Eliscu has written: 'Slate and soft stone sculpture' -- subject(s): Sculpture, Slate sculpture 'Slate and soft stone sculpture' -- subject(s): Sculpture, Slate sculpture 'Direct wax sculpture' -- subject(s): Wax-modeling 'Sculpture, Techniques in Clay, Wax, Slate' -- subject(s): Modeling, Sculpture, Technique
Can you write with stones?
You can write with a soft stone on a harder stone; writing with chalk on slate is a familiar example.You can also write with a hard stone on a softer stone, using the harder stone as an engraving tool. There are a lot of examples of this on paleolithic artifacts.
Is slate a soft rock?
No slate is very hard and brittle.
Is slate hard soft or smooth?
Slate is a hard and brittle rock.
Can you paint or glaze a stone or slate blacksplash?
You can paint anything, as for glaze I would suggest a glazed sealer, it will make the stone or slate shine plus water proof the cement, slate or stone
What are slate and marble and example of?
Slate is a fine-grained metamorphic rock typically used for roofing and flooring due to its durability and resistance to water. Marble is a metamorphic rock prized for its beauty and often used in sculpture and building materials. An example of both slate and marble in use would be a slate roof on a house and a marble statue in a museum.
What are slate and marble made from?
stone from the earth....
What is the stone that would be found on a billiard table?
Slate.
Is slate soft med or hard?
Slate is a very hard but brittle sedimentary rock. It is mainly used as roofing tiles.
Australia produces about 95 percent of which precious stone?
Slate
How do you spell teppie?
Your word may be one of these :tepee (also tipi) - a dwelling used by Native Americansteppie (urban slang) - a dipsomaniac girlteppei stone (slate) - a Philippine stone (araal slate)
How did the children write their diary in the days of Victorian?
At school it was normal to write with a slate penicil on a piece of slate (the slate pencil could be make of clay, soft slate, soapstone or chalk). The main advantage of slate was that it the marks could be erased and the slate could be reused.
