Stone

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Stone may refer to:

[edit] In 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] In 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 rocks, a list of naturally-occurring 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
• Stone (Image Comics), a character created by Whilce Portacio and published under the Image Comics name

[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 Spainsh film directed by Ramon Salazar
• Tawnee Stone, an Internet nude teen model

[edit] In music

• The Rolling Stones, often known simply as "The Stones"
• Stone (band), a Finnish thrash 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

[edit] Other uses

• 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 (weight), a unit of weight equal to fourteen pounds avoirdupois
• Stone (Chinese weight), a Chinese unit of weight equal to 120 piculs or 160 pounds avoirdupois
• Calculus (medicine), a painful concretion of materials in organs or ducts, commonly known as e.g. gallstones
• 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

See also: List of people named Stone

See also: Stoned