Pōhaku maoli ʻo ia kekahi o nā mea maʻamau i hoʻohana ʻia ma nā hale a me nā kīhāpai. Akā, ua kū paha ʻoe e noʻonoʻo i kahi i hele mai ai kāu mau kile pōhaku, nā pōhaku lepo, a me nā papahele?
Ua hana ʻia ka pōhaku maoli i mau tausani makahiki aku nei i ka wā he pōlele kinoea mineral ka Honua. I ka hoʻomaka ʻana o kēia mau kinoea e maʻalili, ua paʻa a paʻa lākou e hana i ka honua i ʻike ʻia i kēia lā. I loko o kēia kaʻina hana i hana ʻia ai ka pōhaku maoli - ʻo ke ʻano o ka pōhaku i hana ʻia ma muli o ke ʻano o nā minerala i hui ʻia i kēlā manawa. He hana lohi kēia i hana ʻia ma luna o nā miliona mau makahiki. I ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana o ka Honua, ua hoʻoneʻe mālie ʻia ka nui o kēia mau ʻili pōhaku i ka ʻili e ka wela a me ke kaomi, e hana ana i nā ʻano nui a mākou e ʻike nei i kēia mau lā.
Hiki ke hele mai ka pōhaku mai nā wahi a pau o ka honua, a ua hoʻoholo ʻia ke ʻano o ka pōhaku e kona kumu. Aia nā ʻāpana ʻāina ma ʻAmelika, Mexico, Kanada, Italia, Tureke, Australia, a me Pasila, a me nā ʻāina ʻē aʻe a puni ka honua. Loaʻa i kekahi mau ʻāina nā ʻeli pōhaku maoli, a ʻo nā ʻāina ʻē aʻe he kakaikahi wale nō. E nānā pono kākou i kahi i puka mai ai kekahi pōhaku a pehea i hana ʻia ai.
kinikini ʻo ia ka hopena o ka limestone i hoʻololi ʻia e ka wela a me ke kaomi. He pōhaku maʻalahi e hiki ke hoʻohana ʻia ma nā mea a pau – nā kiʻi, nā alapiʻi, nā paia, nā lumi ʻauʻau, nā luna kūʻai, a me nā mea hou aku. ʻIke maʻamau i ke keʻokeʻo, ʻike ʻia ka marble i nā ʻeleʻele a me ka hina hina, a he hoʻomanawanui maikaʻi i ka wā.
Quartzite no loko mai o ka pōhaku one i hoʻololi ʻia ma o ka wela a me ke kōmi ʻana. Hele mai ka pōhaku ma ke keʻokeʻo, akā hiki ke loaʻa pū me ka ʻeleʻele, hina, a ʻōmaʻomaʻo paha. ʻO ia kekahi o nā ʻano pōhaku maoli paʻakikī, e lilo ia i koho maikaʻi loa no ke kūkulu ʻana i nā facades, countertops, a me nā hale ʻē aʻe e pono ai nā pōhaku kaumaha.
Granite he pōhaku ʻāhuhi i ʻike ʻia i ka pelemaka (lava) a hoʻololi ʻia ma o ka ʻike ʻana i nā minerala like ʻole. Loaʻa pinepine ʻia ka pōhaku ma nā ʻāina i ʻike i ka hana lua pele i kekahi manawa, a loaʻa i nā kala like ʻole mai ka ʻeleʻele, ʻeleʻele, ʻulaʻula, keʻokeʻo, a kokoke i nā kala āpau i waena. ʻO Granite kahi koho maikaʻi loa no nā lumi kuke a me nā lumi lumi ma muli o kona mau ʻano antibacterial.
Limestone ʻo ia ka hopena o ka hoʻopaʻa ʻia ʻana o nā ʻākoʻa, nā ʻeke kai, a me nā mea ola ʻē aʻe o ka moana. ʻElua ʻano pōhaku limestone, ʻo kahi ʻano paʻakikī i piha i ka calcium, a ʻo kahi ʻano palupalu me ka nui o ka magnesium. Hoʻohana pinepine ʻia ka limestone paʻa i ka ʻoihana hale, a i ʻole i hoʻopaʻa ʻia a hoʻohana ʻia i loko o ka pahū ma muli o kona ʻano wai.
Bluestone i kekahi manawa i kapa ʻia he basalt, a ʻo ia kekahi o nā pōhaku kūlohelohe maʻamau a puni ka honua. Hoʻokumu ʻia ka pōhaku ʻulaʻula ma o ka hoʻololi ʻana o ka pele, a no ia mea, ʻo ia kekahi o nā pōhaku kokoke loa i ka ili o ka Honua. ʻOi aku ka ʻeleʻele o ka basalt, a ua hoʻohana ʻia ʻo ia ma ke ʻano he hale a me nā tile papahele ma muli o kona ʻano paʻakikī.
Slate i hana ʻia i ka wā i hoʻololi ʻia ai nā ʻalaʻula a me ka lepo lepo ma muli o ka wela a me ke kaomi. Loaʻa i nā waihoʻoluʻu mai ka ʻeleʻele, ka poni, ka uliuli, ka ʻōmaʻomaʻo, a me ka hina, ua lilo ka slate i mea koho kaulana no ka uhi ʻana i ka hale no ka mea hiki ke ʻoki ʻia a hiki ke kū i ke anuanu me ka liʻiliʻi o ka pōʻino. Hoʻohana pinepine ʻia ʻo Slate e like me ke ʻano o ka papahele ma muli o kona ʻano mau.
Travertine hana ʻia i ka wā e holoi ʻia ai ka wai kahe i loko o ka limestone, e waiho ana i nā waihona mineral a puni. I ka maloʻo ʻana, paʻa nā minerala ʻē aʻe e hana mālie i kahi mea ʻoi aku ka paʻa i kapa ʻia he travertine. Maikaʻi kēia pōhaku ma ke ʻano he pani no ke kinikini a me ka granite, no ka mea, ʻoi aku ka māmā a me ka maʻalahi o ka hana ʻana, akā paʻa mau. No kēia kumu, hoʻohana pinepine ʻia ka travertine ma nā papahele a i ʻole nā paia, a ua manaʻo ʻia e mau ana ma kahi o kanalima mau makahiki ke mālama mau ʻia.