Kuki bamwe amabuye asanzwe bifatwa nkibyoroshye mugihe byose bigaragara ko bikomeye? Igisubizo kiri mubikomeye. Ibipimo bya Mohs byavumbuwe mu 1812 kandi bigereranya ubukana ugereranije namabuye y'agaciro icumi. Diamond niyo ikomeye kandi igereranya 10, mugihe granite ni ibuye risanzwe rikomeye kuri 6. Limestone iza kuri 3 kimwe na metamorphic mugenzi we, marble. Amabuye yoroshye yoroshye kwambara cyangwa kubaza ariko ntabwo yambara cyangwa ikirere neza nkibuye rikomeye. Hano turaganira kuri amwe mumabuye yoroshye azwi hamwe nibisabwa bikwiye.
Amabuye, amabuye yumucanga na shale nubwoko bukunze kwibutare bwimitsi. Ibi byakozwe binyuze mu muvuduko mwinshi, mu myaka miriyoni, bitwaje imyanda yaguye hasi yinyanja.
Ibice biri ku bisate bisobanurwa ko ari "foliated" kandi bigabanijwe byoroshye kugirango habeho ubunini busabwa. Icyapa cyo mu Bwongereza gifatwa nkigikomeye kandi cyari gisanzwe gikoreshwa nkigisenge, mugihe icyapa cyoroshye kiboneka mubushinwa, Espagne, Ubutaliyani na USA. Hamwe nurwego runini rwamabara ya plate, urutonde rwibishushanyo byinshi birashobora kugerwaho, kuva mugihe cya none kugeza kera, rustic kugeza binonosoye. Icyapa gikunze gusabwa ahantu nyabagendwa, bitewe nuburyo buramba budasanzwe. Ntibisanzwe kandi ntabwo byoroshye kubyitwaramo aside. Nibimenyetso byumuriro, birwanya ikirere kandi bigera ku ntera nziza yo kurwanya kunyerera kugeza birangiye.
Limestone ni ibikoresho byubaka cyane kandi bikozwe cyane cyane muri minisiteri ya calcium, ikomoka kuri calcium mu magufa no mu nyanja yabitswe mu myaka igihumbi kandi igahatirwa hamwe binyuze mu gitutu. Mugihe irimo na magnesium, irakomeye kandi irwanya ikirere, kandi irashobora no gutoneshwa. Ibuye rya Portland riva ku kirwa kizwi cyane muri Dorset birashoboka ko ari ubwoko bumwe buzwi cyane bw'amabuye kandi bwakoreshejwe mu kubaka inyubako nini nini za Londres. Ikoreshwa muburyo bwo kwambika hanze kimwe na pave, amashyiga nibindi biranga imbere no hanze. Ibara ryoroheje ni ikirango cyacyo kiranga ibiranga.
Sandstone birashoboka ko aribwo bwakoreshwaga cyane mu kubaka mbere ya 1800, kubintu byose kuva ibiraro kugeza ku nyubako nziza. Nkuko bishobora kugereranywa nizina ryayo, ikorwa mugihe umucanga, ibintu kama, calcite nandi mabuye y'agaciro atandukanye byahujwe hamwe nigitutu kidasanzwe mumyaka igihumbi. Kuboneka hamwe nuburyo bubi cyangwa bwiza kandi busanzwe butangwa mumatiku. Ahanini cream, umutuku cyangwa imvi mubwongereza, ibara ryayo riterwa namabuye yinyongera arimo. Silica itanga umweru, mugihe icyuma kizatanga ibara ry'umutuku-umukara. Ahantu h'ingenzi ho gukoreshwa ni inkuta hasi, cyangwa pave yo hanze.
Marble ni inkomoko ya hekeste, ikorwa binyuze muri metamorphose yubushyuhe bukabije nigitutu mumyaka miriyoni. Nubwo byoroshye ugereranije nandi mabuye, marble ikunda guhanagura neza bidasanzwe. Ubusanzwe marble ikoreshwa mumiryango kandi ifasha kurema urwego rwohejuru.