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What is the meaning of sorting?

Sorting means organizing and also separating and separating based on a series of specific and common characteristics. If you look carefully, they grade different goods based on gender, type, brand and even color. This is exactly what it means to sort the item in question. Stones also have different types, colors and designs, and we need to sort them based on their characteristics.

So if they ask us, what does sorting stones mean? Our answer is that we classify the stones based on their characteristics (color, design, quality, type, etc.) and put the same types together so that the stones can be distinguished based on these characteristics. .

Sorting of building stones

What does sorting stones mean? According to what criteria is sorting done in construction stones?

Today, many different building materials are available in the construction industry. Each of these materials has different characteristics and uses. One of the types of building materials that is several thousand years old and still has a very high position in this industry, is building stone.

Building stone is a natural object that consists of a group of one or more minerals and is cut to the desired size, and it can be processed in different types of sanded, antique, broken cut, axed, etc.

There are many types of building stones in terms of minerals and how they are formed, and there are many mines in Iran. The largest production of building stone in Iran is in Isfahan province, and that is why Isfahan is known as the cradle of Iranian stone.

In addition to all these, Isfahan province has high potentials in the field of stone extraction, production and cutting, and with skilled workers and managers with a brilliant history, it has been able to occupy a special place in Iran’s stone industry.

Now that we understand what is building stone? And how much it is used, we can understand the importance of sorting building stones. Therefore, we need to know which building stones are sorted according to which of their characteristics.

Building stones are generally sorted by the following four criteria.

1. Stone dimensions
2. Stone quality
3. Stone thickness
4. Stone design and model

Sorting building stones based on dimensions

The size of the stones is a very important criterion. Because stones have different uses in different dimensions.

Therefore, factories and quarries always consider the dimensions of the stone for sorting the stones.

for example :

The most widely used sizes for the floor of a building can be 60×60, 80×80, 1×1, and small size. It is necessary to know that the small loads themselves include different sizes and dimensions, which are usually placed in the same quality level. Usually, the stone used for the interior and facade of the building is 40 long.

You might ask yourself what is meant by 40 long?

The size whose width is 40 cm and its length is free is called 40 length. In some cases, 30, 50, and 60 long stones are used for the inner and outer body.

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Sorting of stones based on the quality of that stone

In order to understand more precisely what the sorting of stones means, it is better to check the sorting of stones based on their quality.

There are certain parameters by which the quality of a stone is measured.

How polished the stone is

• Subsang
• Stone design and color
• Stone edges that must be healthy
• No stains
• Not having uneven grooves
• Not having any cracks
• No decay

It is obvious that the presence of defects in stones causes the stone to drop in price and be traded at lower prices. When factory owners and stonecutters want to buy coupe stone from quarries, they are very sensitive about its quality so that they don’t face any special problem during its cutting, processing and trading. This is done by expert and experienced experts.

 

Sorting of stone based on the thickness of that stone

Building stones are produced in different thicknesses according to their use in buildings.

For example, if you pay attention to the stones of the stairs, you will notice that these stones are usually produced with a thickness of 3 to 4 cm. Or, for example, if you pay attention to the facade stones, you will notice that they are 1.8 and 2 cm thick.

Paving stones (stones used for the floor) also have thicknesses of 1.8 and 2 cm. It is obvious that the sorting of stones makes the work much easier due to their use in the building.

Sorting based on the design and model of that stone

Usually, many stones have different designs and colors. If you check carefully, you will easily find out that the stones of each mine have different designs and colors. It is necessary that the stones with the same designs or colors are placed in the same category. (Be sorted.)

Why should we sort the stones?

When a stone is cut, its various impurities and variety of colors are revealed.

In order for the stone to be sold, it is necessary to carry out the stone sorting process carefully.

The process of sorting stones, which starts at the end of the production process, will take a lot of time.

In this operation, experts carefully observe and examine the stones that have been ground and arrange them in their proper column.

What kind of stone is the most complicated sorting?

As we mentioned in the previous paragraph, we don’t have special sorting in some stone models, and we have more complicated sorting in many stones.

One of the most diverse and complex stones in grading is travertine.

Therefore, travertine stones have a lot of sorting.

The sorting of travertine stones is the most important factor affecting the price of travertine stones.

Travertine stone is one of the limestone and porous stones that are left from the deposits of hot springs, and the holes on it are caused by gases trapped in these hot waters.

The porous texture of this stone creates sound and thermal insulation properties and, in addition, high adhesion, which is due to the penetration of cement slurry in these porous spaces.

Travertine stone has a variety of colors, and this variety of colors in its types is due to the differences in the compounds present in its elements during sedimentation.

The reason for the popularity of travertine stone in the last few years is the existence of many positive features and a great diversity in it.

This diversity in travertine stones also causes a variety in price, which causes people with different budgets to be able to take advantage of these types of stones.

Below we have listed some types of famous travertine stones for you.

• Travertine stone of Abbas Abad
• Travertine stone of Hajiabad
• Bukhari valley travertine stone
• Dehshir travertine stone
• Travertine stone
• Takab travertine stone
• Abyaneh travertine stone
• Azarshahr travertine stone
• Ateshkoh travertine stone