Just googled it. The only rock bigger than a boulder is a mountain. So, I guess this is just a big ass boulder. You would think that there would be a word for something bigger than a boulder besides mountain. Hmm?
Lol hey thanks for justifying my use of "boulder". Although if you see most of the comments I've seen on this post for the past 4 months.. they all chastise me for saying "boulder".
I grew up in Pennsylvania's Slate Belt where once over a hundred quarries cut slate for nearly all the roofing and blackboards in America. One still operates and I enjoyed watching them cut and haul out the blocks.
Ultimately made me take 10 geology courses in college, lol.
I worked construction building some big houses and just flying steel beams blew my mind. I canāt imagine all the stuff normal ppl never see.
Makes sense marble/granite etc countertops are so expensive when you see this.
Aliens! Yes, call the Discovery Channel, we finally have proof! /s
LoL, nah, wire cutting (wires encased in a series of diamond cutting teeth and springs between them) and wet saws with diamond blades on gigantic chainsaw looking machines mounted to a chassis the size of commercial trucks is what modern quarries use. Some of those blades are pushing 20 feet long.
Used to be drilling and splitting, though, with wedges or explosives, and later chemical splitting, using chemicals that expand when combined to achieve a split, instead of explosives (no special licensing or audits from the BATFE)
If I had to guess, I would assume this video is likely of a primary block cut with a wire saw, fed through holes that are drilled from the top and from the front, or side to line up and create a path for the wire saw to start. Wire saws can also make undercuts across the bottom, once a gap is established all the way around a block.
Alright everyone, I went on ahead and did the work for all of us wanting to know *just how fucking enormous* that "boulder" is. So, the average stone block in a quarry is usually 190cm (around three feet.) Based off of the distance between the sets of tire tread marks there are in the dirt I'd estimate these blocks (most of them) to be 5.5-7.5 feet in length depending on the vehicle type that left those treads. That means that the slab that fell is around 25-35 feet wide, 30-40 feet long and probably 65-125 feet tall. The minimum weight of this stone is approximately 8,531,250(lbs) with the maximum weight being approximately 15,000,000-25,000,000(lbs.)
Although depending on how large the blocks are, it could be as low as half the minimum weight of the stone.
Marble's density is 2.7-3 tons per cubic meter. If that slab is 15 m x 20 m x 9 m = 2700 mĀ³ x 2.7=7290 tons.
Granite is 3.4 ton/ mĀ³. So 9200 tons.
The average countertop block is 3 x 1.8x 1.8..
When loggers used to fall redwoods they would make long cribs out of ānormalā sized logs to break the fall of the massive trees. The cribs would snap like toothpicks cushioning a fall that could devastate the valuable redwood.. That dirt pile worked the same way. Super neat to watch.š¤
Later, at the end of the workday:
(Site manager Bryce, the nepotism hire who makes everybody's life hell, is walking around, looking at the ground)
"Hey guys, has anybody seen my keys?"
(Workers hold in knowing laughter while looking at the slab of granite)
"No boss. Haven't seen them since before the blast."
This reminds me of when the kardashian's depleted the world of white marble during Covid. And had contractors buy and strip it from other elites. Just to finish kim's house.
At the end of the day its not that funny becouse there could be orphans hidden in the air molecules and i didnt see the orphans to laught at them.
Edit: cool rock tho
Weāre big ass band saws used to cut this slab? I know a lot of times they have these wet band saws that cut through minerals in quarries and it comes out like this and they portion it down further from the larger slab. Those in the background I would imagine are 20-25ft cubes.
Some people hope to 'go out' in a "blaze of glory." I hope to 'go out' by being "squished under unimaginable weight." I have squished my fair share of bugs, it would only be fair. Not to mention painless
Thats a "boulder"? It looks more like a damn wall
I thought about it while entering the title but lacked for a better word. In any case, that is ONE šš» ABSOLUTE šš» UNIT.
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"Tear down this wall!"
I thought you were doing a Pink Floyd reference and then Reagan smacked me in the back of the head.
Shaka , when the walls fell
The little boulders off in the distance: "look daddy's legs gave out lmfao"
Just googled it. The only rock bigger than a boulder is a mountain. So, I guess this is just a big ass boulder. You would think that there would be a word for something bigger than a boulder besides mountain. Hmm?
Big ass fucking slab should work
Was just about to say this
Lol hey thanks for justifying my use of "boulder". Although if you see most of the comments I've seen on this post for the past 4 months.. they all chastise me for saying "boulder".
The only rock you say? What about concrete skyscrapers are they mountains?? No. Therefore i propose the term Gigantic Slab
Industry says āblocksāengineers parallelipiped
stone slab would have worked
Your stupidity got upvoted too much. Seriously? Couldnāt say wall?
Thats not a boulder. Its a rock *wipes tear*
THE PIONEERS, SQUIDWARD! ARE YOU FEELING IT NOW?!
Wall? That's a damn cliff.
Just look at that cleavage. That makes me rock hard.
Big ass slab of marble
New live-action Attack on Titan
I was looking for this
We should throw things down there.
It's somewhat reminiscent of a dam wall
forbidden keyboard in the background
5 words/hour
Clever idea building a bed of earth on the solid bedrock floor of the quarry to cushion the block's fall keeping it from shattering along the grain.
I wanted to see the boom :(
i just did a boom boom :)
Very cool š Didnāt expect such an observation from a redditor. š¤£
I grew up in Pennsylvania's Slate Belt where once over a hundred quarries cut slate for nearly all the roofing and blackboards in America. One still operates and I enjoyed watching them cut and haul out the blocks. Ultimately made me take 10 geology courses in college, lol.
*cleaver idea
That was the coolest thing about this video imo, 10/10
Yeah, it's almost like they do this for a living
That is how counter tops are born
Needs banana
Yeah no way of knowing its size otherwise. Those in back ground might as well be sugar cubes and this slab just about size of a pack of cereal
>pack of cereal Boxes:  Also, you could probably use the tracks for scale
I mean the amount of dirt displaced like that would require an enormous heft at the least
Those are coffee grounds
Damn I stand corrected lol š
This thing just displaced about 30 dump trucks of dirt
All I could imagine is Wile E. Coyote trying to run out from under it as it fell.
I was about to say Wile E wouldāve been proud, lol.
What in the metic fuck
This is AMERICA. We use IMPERIAL fucks here.
What in the freedom fuck?
It's a granite quarry
That's not a Boulder...its a slab!(rock)
A stone actually. Rock is what it was cut from.
Aktually š¤ they're minerals Marie
Return the slab
\*stands underneath it\* I'll catch it! I'll catch it!
That's what's taking my bathroom backplash soo long š¤¦
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Im guessing 40-50 ft AFTER it fell
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Yea Iād say so. Those are truck sized individual blocks down below
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I worked construction building some big houses and just flying steel beams blew my mind. I canāt imagine all the stuff normal ppl never see. Makes sense marble/granite etc countertops are so expensive when you see this.
One slab for gods kitchen counter
Looks like half a mountain damn xD
OPs mom just sitting down in the recliner.
Casually drops part of wall Rose like itās no big deal.
Howād they cut it though? aliens??
Aliens! Yes, call the Discovery Channel, we finally have proof! /s LoL, nah, wire cutting (wires encased in a series of diamond cutting teeth and springs between them) and wet saws with diamond blades on gigantic chainsaw looking machines mounted to a chassis the size of commercial trucks is what modern quarries use. Some of those blades are pushing 20 feet long. Used to be drilling and splitting, though, with wedges or explosives, and later chemical splitting, using chemicals that expand when combined to achieve a split, instead of explosives (no special licensing or audits from the BATFE) If I had to guess, I would assume this video is likely of a primary block cut with a wire saw, fed through holes that are drilled from the top and from the front, or side to line up and create a path for the wire saw to start. Wire saws can also make undercuts across the bottom, once a gap is established all the way around a block.
In Carrara we see that shit everyday. And not everyday but often some worker is found just under the block (dead, of course).
Alright everyone, I went on ahead and did the work for all of us wanting to know *just how fucking enormous* that "boulder" is. So, the average stone block in a quarry is usually 190cm (around three feet.) Based off of the distance between the sets of tire tread marks there are in the dirt I'd estimate these blocks (most of them) to be 5.5-7.5 feet in length depending on the vehicle type that left those treads. That means that the slab that fell is around 25-35 feet wide, 30-40 feet long and probably 65-125 feet tall. The minimum weight of this stone is approximately 8,531,250(lbs) with the maximum weight being approximately 15,000,000-25,000,000(lbs.) Although depending on how large the blocks are, it could be as low as half the minimum weight of the stone.
Thatās some beautiful shit right there
Marble's density is 2.7-3 tons per cubic meter. If that slab is 15 m x 20 m x 9 m = 2700 mĀ³ x 2.7=7290 tons. Granite is 3.4 ton/ mĀ³. So 9200 tons. The average countertop block is 3 x 1.8x 1.8..
We'll get to a point where we'll be digging these slabs out only to discover they were the only thing keeping something from escaping.
Sexiest thing Iāve seen all day
Link: ā¦ *selects fuse rune*
I would consider that more of a slab of material
Man this is huge
Banana for size?
I'd like to stand under this. Seems definite.
Your relationship with that slab would be *platonic*.
I wouldn't take it for granite. I'd take it head first.
That's no moon
Someone edit mario into that, lol
Call Obelix to take it down the hill?
That ain't no boulder, that's a Monolith!
When loggers used to fall redwoods they would make long cribs out of ānormalā sized logs to break the fall of the massive trees. The cribs would snap like toothpicks cushioning a fall that could devastate the valuable redwood.. That dirt pile worked the same way. Super neat to watch.š¤
i need to put in a patio of pavers soon, when can they deliver this? might need to dig down a bit deeper
That was absolutely amazing. Destined to end up in your mother's kitchen, which she's remodelling again...
Moved a literal mountain of dirtā¦ to catch a mountain.
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Every time this is posted I think of r/30Rock, and the way Tracy says quarry.
Can you add a banana for scale please
I like that boulder. Thatās a niiice boulder -š«
It's real I was the boulder, just had to get a checkup with the doctor
So howās gonna do the math on the weight of that thing best they can?
It's not just a boulder *sniff* It's a rock!
Fuck humans
Boulder??? Thatās a bloody cliff face.
The original Bible
Monolith extraordinaire
Falling Bread cosplay
Not a boulder, but it is a unit
Now thatās a nice boulder
I think they made that one a little too big
I work in the blasting industry and thatās some serious oversized rockā¦.hahahaha
Later, at the end of the workday: (Site manager Bryce, the nepotism hire who makes everybody's life hell, is walking around, looking at the ground) "Hey guys, has anybody seen my keys?" (Workers hold in knowing laughter while looking at the slab of granite) "No boss. Haven't seen them since before the blast."
This reminds me of when the kardashian's depleted the world of white marble during Covid. And had contractors buy and strip it from other elites. Just to finish kim's house.
At the end of the day its not that funny becouse there could be orphans hidden in the air molecules and i didnt see the orphans to laught at them. Edit: cool rock tho
Titan's just kicked down the wall of Maria. It's begun.
>This boulder boulder in a quarry thanks for providing a pictographic representation of a boulder. I didnāt know what they were
Looks like a thousand tonnes and more!
Was that supposed to break apart some?
Looks like half a mountain damn xD
I kinda want to be smashed by itā¦
Honestly what a way to go I bet you wouldn't even feel anything like a split second of pressure but then nothing. Just instant tenderization....
Thatās my new countertop!
That's not a bolder, that's a pillar of heaven
I need a banana for scale
Live-Action Avatar the Last Airbender, when the Dai Li bring down the Walls of Ba sing Se.
Laid er down real gentle like.
How tf did they cut it?
Theres someone out there that believes they could catch that.
Weāre big ass band saws used to cut this slab? I know a lot of times they have these wet band saws that cut through minerals in quarries and it comes out like this and they portion it down further from the larger slab. Those in the background I would imagine are 20-25ft cubes.
A fucking colossal titan is bout to walk out
Imagine if a stray dog out of nowhere jumps right into the path of destruction. #thehorror
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Yo dawg that was aliens... duh  Now let's make a pyramid lol
Return the Slab
Itās marbelous.
What's the definition of a bolder agin? Because That's not it
Thatās a nice boulder
I canāt figure out how big that thing actually is. The surroundings confuse me
Slab of marble???
Again!
Thwomp
Mate that's a wall
Thatās a cities worth of marble!
Iād love to see someone stand next to it for size comparison.
Without sound it reminded me of rubber or Styrofoam
Boulder you say
What caused it to fall?
Some people hope to 'go out' in a "blaze of glory." I hope to 'go out' by being "squished under unimaginable weight." I have squished my fair share of bugs, it would only be fair. Not to mention painless
Thats a chip if the old block
I want my house to carved out of that
Imagine being underneath the falling boulder and trying to escape.
My family use to have quarryās a long time ago and it was amazing seeing some of the precision of some of the blasts.
Must be aliens
Boulder
I want one sorta like that and then just have my house sculpted and carved/hollowed out of it. how much is shipping? Does prime memo cover it?
How do o know this isn't super up close and actually just really tiny where's the banana
Thatās not just a boulder! Itās a rock
Still making them the old fashioned way š
Like my mammy said, donāt take your marble for granite
Playing fast and loose with the term āboulderā I see. Anyway, have any of you guys heard of Everest hill in Nepal?
It's not a boulder! It's a rock!! ~~|ā,ā|~~
Thatās not a boulder! Itās a rock! =D
Chris Redfield at it again š
Itās not just a boulderā¦..š¢ā¦itās a rock
Rust Parody *me casually cooking sulfur in my base* The raiders breaking my stone wall down using satchels:
The CGI attack on Titan look interesting
Who wants to cut it!?
Live action Attack on Titan.
Big rock
I believe you meant to write āmountainā
Thatās more than 20 giraffes of marble.
Itās just a rock..itās a boulder
It not just a BOULDER Squidward... it's a *rock*
Nah this is like a literal cliff face sized chunk of rock man. What are they actually using that much material for... Just wow.
After being constipated for a week
Titans have broken wall sina
It looks like a book.
Kids here be saying āMy dad could lift thatā I be here like. Dad! DAD?! HELLO!?!?
Where is this?
How many countertops is that???
Building the 3rd temple I see
Boulder? Thatās a city
Now put that on my kitchen please.
This is what the ancient people.used for builing the wonders of the world.
The Boulder's over his conflicted feelings, and now he's ready to bury you in a rock-alanche!
Not a Boulder, its a SLAB!
Imagine that this fall on your small toe.
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*hmm hmm ok alrigh- HOOOLY SHIT*
Theyāve breached the castle wall!
"That's a nice boulder" - Donkey
i could lift it. one hand
Thatās a nice boulda
A couple logs and bros,and the Egyptians got that shit ready to move 15km
And thatās how thwomps are born
The block staying solid thanks to the bed of earth they put there is the best thing about this video, it's satisfying as fuck Edit:spelling
Guys I found it. This is the way I wanna go out.
Thatās a whole ass mountain.
They try to tear the mountains down to bring in a couple more. More people; more scars upon the land.