MINES AND QUARRIESBy: Gareth Evans

Mines and Quarries Summary

Structures were made with different materials like clay, reeds, mats, woven lattices (for many different things) and sun-dried mud-brick (for tombs and temples mainly but also for regular buildings) and stone was scarce. Stones and minerals were transported by many places. There were different ways to quarry.

List of Stones and Minerals given from other places and Mined

1. Diorite 11. Pink Granite 2. Dolerite 12. Iron 3. Schist 13. Turquoise 4. Porphyry 14. Emerald 5. Basalt 15. Silver 6. Granite 16. Lapis Lazuli 7. Quartzite 17. Obsidian 8. Limestone 9. Sandstone 10. Alabaster (Calcite)

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How to Quarry

Way 1Step 1 Cut grooves into rock with either

copper chisel and mallet or a diorite pick.Step 2 Drive wooden wedges into grooves.Step 3 Pour water in grooves to swell the

wood.

Cold water poured on heated rock causes stone to crack.

Credits

http://library.thinkquest.org/05aug/00461/granite.htmhttp://www.chennaimuseum.org/draft/gallery/07/02/021/igneous2.htm

www.geology.comhttp://chem.wetpaint.com/page/Iron http://www.soil-net.com/album/Soils_Rocks/slides/Rock%20Pink%20granite.html

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http://www.pitt.edu/~cejones/GeoImages/1Minerals/2SedimentaryMineralz/Calcite_Dolomite.html

http://list-of-birthstones.com/May%20Birthstone.html http://list-of-birthstones.com/Lapis%20Lazuli%20birthstones.html http://www.monex.com/prods/silver.html http://froulala.blogspot.com/2010/12/turquoise-splash.html http://froulala.blogspot.com/2010/12/turquoise-splash.html http://www.geology110.com/files/lecture4/html/web_data/file37.htm

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