stonederived
Stonederived is a generally descriptive term used to refer to materials, substances, or products that originate from stone or are produced via processing of stone-based resources. The term is not standardized and its precise meaning varies by discipline. In geology and mineralogy, stonederived may describe rocks or minerals that form through processes involving lithic inputs or as derivatives of weathering of primary stones. In materials science and construction, it commonly denotes inputs obtained by crushing, grinding, or chemically treating rock material to yield usable feedstocks.
Typical stone-derived inputs include limestone and dolostone processed into lime (calcium oxide) and cementitious materials; marble
Stonederived materials inherit properties from their parent rocks, such as hardness, density, chemical stability, and brittleness.
Environmental considerations associated with stone-derived materials include quarrying impact, dust generation, and energy use in grinding
See also: lithology, mineral processing, cement, lime, silica, aggregates.