stone quarry
Boulder extraction site
A stone quarry is a site where rock is extracted from the earth, typically through open-pit mining.
Quarries yield building materials like granite, marble, limestone, and slate.
Unlike mines, which tunnel underground for minerals or coal, quarries work at the surface, cutting or blasting rock into blocks or aggregate: The old stone quarry had filled with rainwater and become a swimming hole.
- rock faceSteep exposed stone surface
- open pitSurface-level excavation site
- blastingExplosive material removal
- excavationAct of unearthing
- graniteIgneous rock, quartz-rich
construction · limestone · sculpture · slate · erosion · sandstone · basalt · drilling · heavy machinery · shale · habitat destruction · masonry · travertine · raw material · rough hewn · building blocks · Roman aqueducts · dynamite
- mineral tradegold trade, precious metals, base metals, industrial metals, rare earths
- Rapa NuiEaster Island, hare
stone quarrynature preserve
Protected natural habitat area
landfill · reclaimed land · wilderness area · forest · construction site
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