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Natural stones are classified according to their mineral content and the process of their formation. Good stones are characterized by durability, hardness, strength, amenability to dressing, appearance, weight, fineness of grain, compactness, porosity and absorption. n order to be suitable as building stones, a rock should have specific qualities such as capacity to stand the ravages of time and weather, requisite strength to bear strain and super-incumbent weight, attractive colour and general appearance. Its structure must also be such as to allow quarrying into good sized blocks or planes.