Ke kū nei ʻoe e noʻonoʻo e pili ana i ia mea, ʻo ka pōhaku maoli ke kumu o ko kākou lāhui hou i ke ʻano nui. Mai nā hale a mākou e noho nei, hana a kūʻai aku a hiki i ka ʻāina a mākou e hele ai a e holo ai, ʻaʻole paʻakikī ke noʻonoʻo i ka noho ʻole ʻana me kēia kumuwaiwai kūlohelohe.
ʻO ka huakaʻi i nā ʻano like ʻole o pōhaku maoli lawe mai ka hohonu o ka honua a i ke kūkulu ʻana i nā hale, nā hale kalepa a me nā alanui he mea hoihoi. E luʻu kākou a e ʻimi i ke kumu o ka pōhaku maoli a me ka hana ʻana.
Hiki ke hoʻokaʻawale ʻia nā pōhaku kūlohelohe i ʻekolu mau ʻano: Igneous, Sedimentary a me Metamorphic.
ʻO nā pōhaku ʻāʻī ka hopena o ka pelemaka a i ʻole ka pele e hoʻopaʻa a hoʻomālili ai, ma lalo o ka ʻili honua a i ʻole i kipaku ʻia mai nā lua pele a waiho ʻia e maʻalili ma luna o ka honua. ʻO ka Granite ka mea maʻamau o ka pōhaku igneous akā ʻo nā ʻano ʻē aʻe he basalt, dunite, rhyolite a me gabbro.
Hoʻokumu ʻia nā pōhaku sedimentary ma o ka hui ʻana o nā ʻāpana mai nā pōhaku ʻē aʻe, me nā koena o nā mea kanu, nā holoholona a me nā mea ola ʻē aʻe. Hōʻiliʻili kēia mau mea i nā wao nahele, nā moana a me nā loko ma mua o ka hoʻopili ʻia ʻana i ko lākou ʻano hope e ke kaumaha o ka honua ma luna o lākou. ʻO Limestone ka pōhaku sedimentary maʻamau me ka siltstone, dolomite a me ka shale me nā ʻano like ʻole.
Ua noho mua nā pōhaku metamorphic ma ke ʻano he pōhaku igneous a sedimentary a laila ua hoʻololi ʻia ma muli o ka wela a me ke kaomi ʻana i ka pelemaka, ke kaumaha o ka honua ma luna o lākou ke kanu ʻia i lalo o ka lepo, a i ʻole ka hui pū ʻana o nā mea ʻelua. ʻO Marble ka pōhaku kaulana loa o ke ʻano metamorphic a me ka quartzite, soapstone, gneiss a me jade, a me nā mea ʻē aʻe, e hoʻopuni i kēia ʻano hoihoi.
Marble Quarry ma Tuscany
Ma hope o ka mālama ʻana o ke kūlohelohe i ka hana mua i ka hana maoli ʻana i ka pōhaku, ʻo ka hana hou aʻe o ka wehe ʻana a me ka hoʻohana hou ʻana i ka pōhaku no ka hoʻohana ʻia e hana ʻia e nā lima kanaka ma nā ʻeli pōhaku a puni ka honua.
ʻO ke kaʻina hana o ka ʻeli pōhaku he nui a pono i nā mīkini ikaika me nā limahana hana ʻeli. Ma mua o ka hoʻopā ʻana i ka pōhaku, aia kahi papa inoa lōʻihi o nā hana e pono ai ke hana.
ʻO ka mea mua, pono e loaʻa i kahi hui o ka poʻe kālaihonua nā ʻāpana pōhaku ma kahi lua e hiki ke nānā ʻia. A laila, lawe ʻia kahi laʻana o ka pōhaku ma ka ʻeli ʻana i loko o ka pōhaku me nā ʻāpana wili daimana. Hoʻopili ʻia ka hāpana e ʻike inā loaʻa iā ia nā ʻano i makemake ʻia e hoʻohana ʻia i mea kūkulu hale.
Ke manaʻo nei ua kūpono ka pōhaku i ka pila no ke kūkulu ʻana, e hoʻomaka ana ke kaʻina hana lōʻihi a huki pinepine ʻia no ka loaʻa ʻana o nā laikini kūpono a me nā ʻae mai ke aupuni kūloko. Ma muli o ka ʻāina a me ka mokuʻāina, hiki i kēia ke hoʻopau i nā makahiki.
Ke hāʻawi ʻia ka ʻae hope, hoʻomaka ka hana e hoʻomaʻemaʻe i nā ʻōpala, lepo a me nā mea keʻakeʻa ʻē aʻe e keʻakeʻa ai i ke kaʻina hana ʻeli. ʻO ka hoʻohui ʻana i kēia paʻakikī ʻo ia ka nui o nā quarries e waiho ana ma nā wahi mamao a hiki ʻole ke hele, e koi ana i nā alanui āpau a me nā tunnels e kūkulu ʻia ma mua o ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka hana maoli.
Hoʻohana ʻia ka hui pū ʻana o nā ʻili daimana, nā lama mana kiʻekiʻe a me nā mea pahū i hoʻopaʻa ʻia i ka manawa e hoʻokaʻawale i nā pōhaku mai ke alo o ka lua. ʻO ka hopena o nā poloka nui, ʻoi aku ka nui o ke kaumaha o ke kanahā mau tona, a laila lawe ʻia i kahi hale no ka ʻoki ʻana a me ka hana hou ʻana.
Pohaku Oki Mea Hana Eha
Ma ke keʻena hana, ʻokiʻoki ʻia nā poloka pōhaku i mau papa e nā ʻōpala hui kiʻekiʻe e hoʻokuʻu ana i ka wai i ka wā e ʻoki ai e hōʻemi i ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana o ka lepo. ʻOiai ka wikiwiki o kā lākou hana ʻana, ʻoi aku ka maʻamau o ka ʻike hui ma kahi o ʻelua lā e hoʻopau ai i ka ʻoki ʻana i kahi poloka pōhaku 20-ton.
A laila, hoʻouna ʻia nā papa ma o ka mīkini polishing e hāʻawi i ka hopena i makemake ʻia. ʻO Polished ka hopena maʻamau me ka honed, ka ʻili a me ka palaki ʻia nā koho ʻē aʻe e hāʻawi i nā degere like ʻole o ka ʻili o ka pōhaku.
I kēia manawa ua ʻoki ʻia nā papa i ka nui kūpono a loaʻa ka hopena i makemake ʻia, ʻo ka pae hope loa o ka huakaʻi pōhaku maoli i kou home e hana ʻia ma ka hale hana. Maʻaneʻi, ua ʻoki hou ʻia nā papa pōhaku e like me ke kikoʻī no kēlā me kēia papahana e komo pū ana me ka hana ʻana o nā kihi i nā kikoʻī i koi ʻia no ke kau ʻana.
I kēia manawa ua ʻike ʻoe i ka huakaʻi kupaianaha i lawe ʻia e ka pōhaku maoli mai ka hohonu o ka honua a i loko o kāu lumi kuke, ʻike wau e ʻae ʻoe he mea pono ke kali. Mahalo i ka holomua o ka ʻoihana i nā makahiki a me ke koi e loaʻa ana i nā pōhaku maoli o nā ʻano like ʻole, ʻaʻole pono ʻoe e noho a puni i ka wā e ʻeli ʻia a hana ʻia kāu marble, quartzite a i ʻole granite.