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THE QUALITY OF JERUSALEM STONE CAN BE MEASURED BY:
1 – Solidity
2 – Water Absorption
3 – Resistance to weather factors
THE QUALITY OF THE FINISH DEPENDS ON
1 – The accuracy of dimensions
2 – The accuracy of thickness
3 – Consistency of colours
4 – Handmade products
WHY JERUSALEM STONE?
1 – Value
2 – Durability
3 – Image
4 – Tradition
5 – Raises home value
WHAT DISTINGUISHES JERUSALEM STONE & MOSAICS LTD?
1 – High standards of quality
2 – Competitive prices
3 – International level of standards and characteristics
4 – Various selections of colours
5 – The quick supply of the required quantity
Why Jerusalem natural stone ?
Jerusalem natural stone is strong and stable to live with. It exudes a rich, organic, beautiful surface and has a confident, timeless “presence” in any room.
Walk across natural stone floor and tread on the same material quarried and constructed by ancient people of nobility and notoriety.
From ancient monuments like the pyramids in Egypt and the majestic Greek and Roman temples, to the great civilizations of India and China, natural stone has been an important part of architecture throughout history.
It is the world’s oldest building material — imagine its beauty and elegance in your new home or other projects
During that time, Jerusalem stone was considered too opulent for average homes and was found only in temples, palaces, government buildings, or in the homes of the very wealthy.
Recent advances in the stone industry’s equipment technology have greatly impacted the process of extracting stone from the quarry and installing it in a home. Maybe your home.
Indeed, nothing compares to the beauty of Jerusalem natural stone, and nothing can create pride quicker than when you walk into your home with Jerusalem stone floor.
Count on “oohs and ahs” from your friends and neighbours, too.
And while Jerusalem Natural limestone is a little more expensive than other natural limestone it will virtually always increase your home’s resale value due to its superior quality and colours compared to other natural stones That’s another important factor to consider when shopping for natural limestone.
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Jerusalem stone
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jerusalem stone
Jerusalem stone is a name applied to various types of pale limestone, dolomite and dolomitic limestone, common in and around Jerusalem, , that have been used in building since ancient times. One of these limestones, meleke, has been used in many of the region’s most celebrated structures,
.There are a total of 650 production outlets run by Palestinians in the West Bank that cut a rich range of pink, sand, golden, and off-white bricks and tiles.[1]
The stone in its natural state.
The highlands of the West Bank are primarily underlain by sedimentary limestone, dolomite and dolomitic limestone. The stone quarried for building purposes, ranging in color from white to pink, yellow and tawny, is known collectively as Jerusalem stone. Soft Senonian limestone is found to the east of Jerusalem, and has long been used as an inexpensive building material.[2]
Stone of the Cenonian layers, known in Arabic as mizzi ahmar and mizzi yahudz is far more durable than Senonian limestone, but is very hard and was expensive to quarry using pre-modern methods.[2] Turonian layers yield mizze helu and meleke, the most prized building stones.[2] The thin layered mizze helu is easily quarried and worked. Meleke is soft and easy to chisel, but hardens with exposure to the atmosphere and becomes highly durable.[2] It was used for the great public buildings of antiquity,[3] and for the construction of the Islamic period city walls and buildings.
Use in building
Municipal laws in Jerusalem require that all buildings be faced with local Jerusalem stone.[4] The ordinance dates back to the British Mandate and the governorship of Sir Ronald Storrs[5] and was part of a master plan for the city drawn up in 1918 by Sir William McLean, then city engineer of Alexandria.[6]
According to a report by the Geological Survey
The various rock types in the area were exploited for different purposes.The variety of lithologic types used in building are:
1. White, coarse crystalline limestone originally referred to as “Meleke”, the stone of Kings.
2. Cream-colored micritic limestone known locally as “Mizzi Hilu” (sweet rock).
3. Red-colored limestone known as “Mizzi Ahmar” (red rock).
4. Gray crystalline dolomite known as “Mizzi Yehudi” (Jewish rock – modern times).
5. Flagstone of thin-layered limestone.
These rock types were quarried from the Judean limestone and dolomite in and around the Old City of Jerusalem. This variety of stone gives Jerusalem its unique character. The setting sun reflected on the cream-colored limestone facade of both ancient and modern structures alem.
References
1. ^ Palestinians’ stones cut both ways Ilene Prusher, The Christian Science Monitor, January 4, 2000
2. ^ a b c d e Influence of Geological Conditions on the Development of Jerusalem, M. Avnimelech, Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research, No. 181 (Feb., 1966), pp. 24-31
3. ^ Ashlar Quarries of the Iron Age in the Hill Country ofAshlar Quarries of the Iron Age in the Hill Country o, Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research, No. 217 (Feb., 1975), pp. 37-48
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5. ^ Jerusalem Architecture Since 1948
6. ^ The British Mandate from “Jerusalem: Life Throughout the Ages in a Holy City”. Online course material from the Ingeborg
