polished stone
Tumbled river pebble
Polished stone is stone that has been smoothed and buffed to a lustrous finish, either naturally by water and sand or artificially by grinding and polishing.
The term appears in archaeology for stone tools worked to a smooth surface, distinguishing Neolithic technology from earlier chipped-stone methods: polished stone axes.
In jewelry and decoration, polished stones are gems or ornamental rocks finished to display their color and pattern.
- jadeCarved ornamental mineral
- marbleRecrystallized limestone rock
- graniteIgneous rock, quartz-rich
- neolithicFinal Stone Age period
- ancient toolsEarly human-made devices
lapidary · basalt · lapis lazuli · agate · grinding · obsidian · talismans · burial artifacts · burnishing · cabochons · amulets · tumbling · onyx · jewelry · turquoise · paperweights · museum display · sculptures
- gemstonesdiamond, ruby, emerald, sapphire, pearl
- stonesboulder, pebble, cobblestone, flagstone, cobble
- glossy surfacesgloss, glossy print, shine, sheen, polish
- ancient artsculpture, sculptures, pottery, mosaics, murals
- non-porous surfacesglass, metal, plastic, ceramic, tile
- stone finisheshoned, flamed, brushed, tumbled, sandblasted
polished stoneraw ore
Unprocessed extracted mineral
natural stone · fieldstone · rubble · gravel · rough diamond