It was a question of seeing the tools in the raw stone.
Naked peaks of raw red stone soared even higher.
The walls were raw stone patched and smoothed with concrete.
Reaching out with one hand, he brushed his fingertips against what seemed to be a rock wall, likely raw stone cut into rough blocks.
And in the bottom of the box, like so many pebbles, were what appeared to be raw stones, gleaming dully.
"This is where we prepare the raw stones," Ortant said.
The store carries a large collection of raw semi-precious stones and crystals.
I can still do the back-country boy, with the simple come-on story, and the raw stone in my little black hand.
The basic building material was square and raw stone.
"He's the best, but he wanted me to learn some other techniques, and how to judge the raw stone."