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- Parapet:
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any low protective wall or barrier at the edge of a balcony, roof, bridge or the like.
- Pit rock face:
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rock face in a quarry under exploitation that is being worked on for extraction.
- Polished:
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smooth, generally shiny finish to stone that highlights certain aesthetic qualities (veins, fossils, colour...).
- Porosity:
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measure of microcavities in stone that contain liquid or gas.Porous rock is generally less frost resistant than hard rock due to the possible expansion of frozen water in the cavities.
