Designation:C503/C503M−15StandardSpecificationforMarbleDimensionStone1ThisstandardisissuedunderthefixeddesignationC503/C503M;thenumberimmediatelyfollowingthedesignationindicatestheyearoforiginaladoptionor,inthecaseofrevision,theyearoflastrevision.Anumberinparenthesesindicatestheyearoflastreapproval.Asuperscriptepsilon(´)indicatesaneditorialchangesincethelastrevisionorreapproval.1.Scope1.1Thisspecificationcoversthematerialcharacteristics,physicalrequirements,andsamplingappropriatetotheselec-tionofmarbleforgeneralbuildingandstructuralpurposes.RefertoGuidesC1242andC1528fortheappropriateselectionanduseofmarbledimensionstone.1.2Dimensionmarbleshallincludestonethatissawed,cut,split,orotherwisefinishedorshapedintoblocks,slabsortiles,andshallspecificallyexcludemolded,castandartificiallyaggregatedunitscomposedoffragments,andalsocrushedandbrokenstone.1.3ThevaluesstatedineitherSIunitsorinch-poundunitsaretoberegardedseparatelyasstandard.Thevaluesstatedineachsystemmaynotbeexactequivalents;therefore,eachsystemshallbeusedindependentlyoftheother.Combiningvaluesfromthetwosystemsmayresultinnon-conformancewiththestandard.2.ReferencedDocuments2.1ASTMStandards:2C97/C97MTestMethodsforAbsorptionandBulkSpecificGravityofDimensionStoneC99/C99MTestMethodforModulusofRuptureofDimen-sionStoneC119TerminologyRelatingtoDimensionStoneC170/C170MTestMethodforCompressiveStrengthofDimensionStoneC241/C241MTestMethodforAbrasionResistanceofStoneSubjectedtoFootTrafficC880/C880MTestMethodforFlexuralStrengthofDimen-sionStoneC1242GuideforSelection,Design,andInstallationofDimensionStoneAttachmentSystemsC1353TestMethodforAbrasionResistanceofDimensionStoneSubjectedtoFootTrafficUsingaRotaryPlatformAbraserC1528GuideforSelectionofDimensionStone3.Terminology3.1Definitions—AlldefinitionsareinaccordancewithTer-minologyC119.4.Classification4.1Dimensionmarbleisclassifiedasfollows:4.1.1ICalcite.4.1.2IIDolomite.NOTE1—SeeTerminologyC119fordefinitionsofcalciteanddolomite.5.Soundness5.1Marblesarefurtherclassifiedintofo...
