Civil Engineering - Building Materials - Discussion

Shingle is water-bound pebble found usually along beaches and natural water bodies. It is used as a roofing material, surfacing of the boundary walls, filling, etc.

Moorum is formed from disintegrated laterite. It is generally used for manufacturing paver blocks, for laying pathways by directly compaction, or as a binding material for making kutcha houses, etc.

Rhyolite is an example of crushed granite used as an aggregate in the road construction industry.

Shingle - water-bound pebbles.
Moorum - Decomposed laterite.
Rhyolite - Crushed Granite.

Yes, the shingle is water bound pebbles and moorum is decomposed laterite.

Shingle is a mass of small rounded pebbles, especially on a seashore.

I think shingle is decomposed laterite.

Please anyone clear it.

Moorum is decomposed laterite and shingle is water bound pebble.

Shingle is a roofing material made from water-bound pebbles.

Shingle is a roofing material made from water bound pebbles.

Coarse beach gravel of small water-worn stones and pebbles.

No, Shingle is decomposed laterite

Ref: R.Agora's book.