If anyone would like some "polished" brownstone please let me know.
P J Morrissey
ConSpec Associates, Inc.
12 Batt Lane
East Haven CT 06513
203-467-4426
203-469-2352 fax
917-209-5363 cell
www.conspec-rep.com <http://www.conspec-rep.com/>
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Eric
Sent: Friday, July 04, 2008 2:43 PM
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Subject: Re: [BP] polished granite - check; polished marble - check; but why
I remember a couple of decades ago polished limestone was chic for interiors
but it looked an aweful lot like travertine to my less than experienced
eyes, I think it was simply "marketing"..
Thanks,
Eric Hammarberg
Vice President
Thornton Tomasetti
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From: David West [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Thursday, July 03, 2008 11:34 PM Eastern Standard Time
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Subject: Re: [BP] polished granite - check; polished marble - check;
but why
Masons aint dumb. Only them rocks what will take a polish get given a
polish. Polishing is hard work, so it only gets done on those rocks that
can take it. Soft rocks like limestone and sandstone and brownstone
(technically a sandstone I think) won't take a polish. Schist is hard
enough, but has some schisty (I mean sh**ty) minerals that are soft, so
it would come up all blotchy.
Technically, the polish on rocks is achieved by grinding the rock to a
very smooth surface. The 'softer' rocks have a high porosity, so that
even if the minerals will accept the polish, the surface is disrupted by
all the voids. I've seen polished sandstone - looks okay, but it
doesn't have that wonderful mirror-reflection characteristic that we
associate with a polished granite or marble.
And as for limestone - most of the polished marbles you have seen are
geologically speaking limestones, so you have seen polished limestone
and just didn't know it! Marble like Carrara is real marble. Marble
like the patterned reds and greens is actually hard or dense limestone
(or maybe serpentine or some other sort of rock!).
Have I confused you yet?
Cheers
David West
Executive Director
internationalconservationservices
T: +61 (2) 9417 3311
M: +61 (411) 692 696
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Sent: Friday, 4 July 2008 10:01 AM
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Subject: [BP] polished granite - check; polished marble - check; but why
don't i ever seen polished limestone? brownstone? schist?
christopher
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