Most citrine is made by heating amethyst, and partial heating with a strong gradient results in ametrine — a stone partly amethyst and partly citrine.

Most stone had to be quarried miles away, and then brought to the building site.

Most insulated buildings that utilize concrete block, brick, adobe, stone, veneers or some combination thereof feature interior insulation in the form of fiberglass batts between wooden wall studs or in the form of rigid insulation boards covered with plaster or drywall.

Most of the urinary tract can be reached via the urethra, enabling prostate surgery, surgery of tumors of the urothelium, stone surgery, and simple urethral and ureteral procedures.

Most ESWL is carried out when the stone is present near the renal pelvis.

Most of them weigh between two and eight tons each, but others weigh even more, with one extraordinary stone located in the northern section of Wilson's Arch measuring 13 metres and weighing approximately 570 tons.

Most henges do not contain stone circles ; Brodgar is a striking exception, ranking with Avebury ( and to a lesser extent Stonehenge ) among the greatest of such sites.

Most of these operate out of the century old stone buildings in town.

Most of the monuments are built in the lovely soft local stone known as tuffeau.

Most scholars however, generally agree that Great Zimbabwe was built by the Shona people as part of the 13th century kingdom of Zimbabwe, and successor to the earlier Kingdom of Mapungubwe, also known for its stone ruins.

Most often, hieratic script was written in ink with a reed brush on papyrus, wood, or stone and pottery ostraca.

Most of the religious buildings of the city were demolished in that period: in 1797, the old cathedral, which had been dubbed the " wonder of the low countries ", was sold to a merchant who exploited it as a stone quarry.

Most of these buildings were built from materials such as brick, concrete block, and stone, each varying.

Most of these buildings were built from materials such as brick, concrete block, and stone, each varying.

Most of the trail is a-wide cinder or stone aggregate ( unpaved ) surface with grass shoulders.

Most sculptors work rhythmically, turning the tool with each blow so that the stone is removed quickly and evenly.

Most of the bronze statues were melted down for the war effort and the stone carvings were damaged by the war, save for some small lion's heads over the entrance.

Most Han stone pictures of Liubo show the players throwing sticks onto a mat between themselves ( with the Liubo board to the side of the mat ), and ceramic model Liubo sets such as the one excavated in 1972 from Lingbao in Henan province show six sticks lined up neatly between the two players.

Most of the carved stone on the ancient structures was removed in the 18th century through the mid 20th century for reuse in modern construction.

Most of the surrounding area ( including the property with the stone cottage Lane had built for them ) had been sold off, but they still kept some farm animals, and tended their flower beds and vegetable gardens.

Most stone is many times weaker in tension than in compression, plugs and feathers utilize this fact.

Most of the important civic and administrative buildings which survive from 18th century Dublin, known then as " the second city of the Empire ", are of Portland stone, including City Hall, Dublin ( 1779 ), the Irish Houses of Parliament ( 1767 ), the Custom House ( 1791 ) and the General Post Office ( Dublin ) ( 1818 ).

Most early overpasses were stone, but then changed to concrete, with green rails and retro etchings, popular around the 1950s and 1960s.

Most still practice a traditional lifestyle, inhabiting natural shelters such as caves or cliff overhangs, as well as small cabins of wood or stone.

Most bridges will employ all of the principal forces to some degree, but only a few will predominate.

Most cantilever bridges use a pair of continuous spans that extend from opposite sides of the supporting piers to meet at the center of the obstacle the bridge crosses.

Most bridges are fixed bridges, meaning they have no moving parts and stay in one place until they fail or are demolished.

Some bridges accommodate other purposes, such as the tower of Nový Most Bridge in Bratislava, which features a restaurant.

Most bridges are utiltiarian in appearance, but in some cases, the appearance of the bridge can have great importance.

Most canals have a limit on height imposed either by bridges or by tunnels.

Most also used concrete, which the Romans were the first to use for bridges.

The confluence of the Sava and the Savinja at Zidani Most, where the Savinja is traversed by three bridges.

Most wooden covered bridges are truss bridges.

Most, if not all, previous designs for military bridges required cranes to lift the pre – assembled bridge and lower it into place.

Most of the names of the bridges were those of the neighboring farm owners.

Most of the bridges washed away during a major storm in November 2006, so the trail was impassable ( and closed ) to hikers through most of 2007.

Most of these bridges were for local traffic and pedestrians, and a few accommodated trolley lines.

Most utilized concrete as well, which the Romans were the first to use for bridges.

Most modern arch bridges are made from reinforced concrete.

Most other bridges would fall in about 300 years.

Most passenger rail lines in the northeastern states have a loading gauge that can only accommodate cars less than in height ; this is due to structure gauge restrictions ( i. e. bridges, tunnels, etc.

Most motorways suffer from severe congestion, and are home to many bottlenecks, mostly outdated tunnels, viaducts and bridges.

Most buildings within the Greenway Plaza campus are interconnected by environmentally-controlled bridges, and / or tunnels and covered walkways.

Most of this section has had earthworks done to allow space for a second track ( circa 1970s ), including the provision of abutments for adjacent bridges.

Most smaller bridges are single lane and made of wood and / or steel.