rock cutting
Carving through bedrock
Rock cutting is the process of shaping, carving, or slicing stone or rock, whether for construction, sculpture, or lapidary work.
The term also names the result—a passage excavated through rock for a road or railway: The train emerged from the rock cutting into open farmland.
In gemology, rock cutting refers to shaping rough stones into polished specimens.
- quarryPit for extracting rock
- chiselEdged carving implement
- carveCut to shape
- stoneSolid earth fragment
- graniteIgneous rock, quartz-rich
marble · stone mason · sawing · wire saw · diamond blade · drill · power tools · hand tools · excavate · sculpt · mason · slab · cliff · mining · blade · dust · split · wedge
rock cuttingstone laying
Positioning rocks for building
stone stacking · masonry · rock stacking · rock formation · stone setting
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