Stone

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Stone may refer to:

• Stone (mass), a unit of mass used by the British

[edit] Construction and building

• Masonry, the building of structures from stone
• Coade stone, a special form of vitreous stoneware, used for monumental work and architectural decoration
• Standing stone, a solitary stone set vertically into the ground

See also: list of stone, the types of stone used in building, sculpture, and masonry work

[edit] Geology

• Rock (geology), a naturally occurring aggregate of minerals and/or mineraloids, or an individual piece of rock.
• Marble, a metamorphic rock resulting from the metamorphism of limestone.

See also: List of rock types

[edit] In print and literature

• Stone trilogy, novels by Graham Edwards
• Stone (novel), a science fiction novel by Adam Roberts
• Stone (Marvel Comics), a martial artist first featured in the Daredevil series
• Stones (Novel) The young adult novel of the year written by William Bell- Canadian Novel. Horror\fiction.screw science

[edit] In media

• Stone (film), a 1974 Australian biker film produced and directed by Sandy Harbutt
• The Stones (TV series), an American sitcom
• Piedras (film), (Stones), a 2002 Spanish film directed by Ramon Salazar
• Stone Phillips

[edit] In music

• The Rolling Stones, often known simply as "The Stones"
• Stone (band), a Finnish thrash metal band
• The Stone (band), a Serbian black metal band
• The Stones (New Zealand band), a New Zealand rock band
• 12 Stones, an American Christian rock band
• "Stones" (song), a song popular within the Ultima universe
• Stones (Neil Diamond album), released in 1971
• The Stone Roses, an English band
• "The Stone" (Ashes Divide song), a 2008 song by Ashes Divide
• "Stone," a song by Ronnie Lane, recorded by The Small Faces on their album First Step, and based on his song "Evolution".
• Sixteen Stone - album by British grunge band Bush
• "Like a Stone" - hit single by Alternative rock band Audioslave.

[edit] Other uses

• Stone (surname)
• Stone, Buckinghamshire in England
• Stone, Kent in England
• Stone, Staffordshire in England
• Stoning, a method of execution carried out by throwing rocks at the victim
• Gemstone, a type of visually attractive stone used in jewelry
• Stone (mass), a unit of mass equal to fourteen pounds
• Stone (Chinese weight), a Chinese unit of weight equal to 120 piculs or 160 pounds
• Calculus (medicine), a painful concretion of materials in organs or ducts, commonly known as e.g. gallstones
• Stone is a slang for crack cocaine
• Stoneware, a clay or ceramic material
• Stone Brewing Company, a brewery in Escondido, California
• Stones Bitter, a bitter beer from Yorkshire
• The NATO reporting code name for the Russian SS-26 Iskander
• A physical token used in a board game
• The hard covering enclosing the seed of a drupe such as a peach
• Another term for the pit of a fruit.

[edit] See also

• Stoned
• Stoney
• The Stone

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