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and dust.","findings":[{"id":"health-finding","name":"Health","description":"Health.","questions":[{"text":"What do authorities say about radon from granite and about silica dust?","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Is the user asking about a specific building, which needs a measurement service?","kind":"boundary"}]}]},{"id":"heritage","name":"Heritage","description":"Monuments.","findings":[{"id":"heritage-finding","name":"Heritage","description":"Heritage.","questions":[{"text":"How has granite been used in monuments and architecture through history?","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Which entry fits architectural stone?","kind":"action"}]}]}]}]},"agentConduct":{"may":["Identify granite from its texture and mineral content and describe its uses.","Report quarry, block and slab records for the operator."],"mustNot":["Cut, grind or polish granite without the dust controls workplace rules require.","Present granite as free of radon emission without measurement.","Misrepresent the origin or type of a stone in sale.","Remove stone from protected landforms or heritage sites."],"requiresHuman":["Opening or extending a quarry."]},"ethics":{"considerations":["Silica dust from cutting granite causes silicosis in workers.","Quarries change landscapes and lives of neighbouring communities."],"affectedParties":["Quarry and fabrication workers","Neighbours of quarries","Buyers of stone"]},"owners":{"steward":"The landowner or quarry operator under a mining or planning permit.","roles":[],"masterSystems":[]},"relations":[{"target":"Q1995951","type":"parent","note":"registry parent class"},{"target":"Q4054760","type":"parent","note":"registry parent class"},{"target":"plutonic rock","type":"related","note":"intrusive igneous rock"},{"target":"granitoid","type":"related","note":"the wider family"},{"target":"quartz and feldspar","type":"related","note":"the main minerals"},{"target":"dimension stone","type":"related","note":"the main 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fabrication","Low-level radon emission from some granites","Cracking and staining in worktops","Misnaming other rocks as granite"]},"interfaces":{"applicability":"required","items":["EN 12670 and related standards for natural stone terminology and testing","ASTM C615 for granite dimension stone","Quarrying and worker safety rules including silica dust limits"]},"context":{"applicability":"required","items":["Building and decorative stone; a common continental rock.","geological granite varieties by composition and texture","named commercial granites by quarry such as Baveno and Bianco Sardo","granitoids including granodiorite and tonalite","weathered and decorative forms","granite landforms such as tors and inselbergs"]}},"sources":[{"title":"Wikidata item Q41177: granite","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q41177","note":"identity and sense of the item"},{"title":"Wikipedia: Granite","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Granite","note":"general description of the item"}],"openQuestions":["Should commercial granite names be separate entries?","How should stone standards be linked?","The registry entry has merged aliases naming quarry stones; should they be split off?"],"resources":{"spec":"/models/things/publications/thing-q41177/spec.json"},"provenance":{"origin":"thing registry research (pass 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