Stone industry

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Stone industry refers to the part of the

stones, in particular granite, marble, slate and sandstone. Other products of the industry include crushed stone and dimension stone
.

Stone industry is one of the oldest in the world. Creation of stone tools (microliths industry) in the region of South Africa has been dated to about 60,000–70,000 years ago.[1] Granite and marble mining existing as far back as ancient Egypt.[2] Crushed stone was used extensively by the first great road building civilizations, such as ancient Greece and ancient Rome.[3]

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