特征：文化石经过亿万年地壳运动形成了具特色的板状构造--片理。片理不仅易于劈分，且劈分后的岩石表面纹理丰富，可以制作成片状，用于镶嵌墙面。而且这类石材的结构细密，层状片理决定了它有很好的硬度，耐磨率介于花岗石与大理石之间，且具有吸水率低、耐酸率高、不易风化等特点。
分类：文化石一般有两类：一是天然的，一是人造的。天然文化石的品种包括卵石、砂岩、石英板等。按材质可分为沉积砂岩和硬质板岩两种。人造文化石是以天然文化石为母体，加上无机材料铸制而成。
电视的背景墙选用纹理粗糙的文化石镶嵌，既可以吸音，又能烘托出电器的精细质感。纹理粗糙的文化石适用于客厅等大空间的装饰点缀。
用法：在现代的居家装修中，设计师更多地建议电视背景墙选用纹理粗糙的文化石镶嵌，这样既可以吸音，又加厚了墙体，减低了音响对其他居室空间的影响，而且能烘托出设计特的现代家居的精致感，形成强烈的质感对比。倘若客厅空间面积较大，也可用文化石制作一面古典风情浓郁的主题墙，使客厅装潢在精致中流露出一丝随意。或是在阳台营造颇具田园风格的一角。同时，也要注意文化石的主要作用就是装饰点缀，不要滥用，否则会适得其反。
表面凹凸不平颜色夹杂的文化石所装点的壁炉，不经意间使人回到了早已相隔重重的中世纪。
选购：文化石的优劣取决于材料的品质和加工工艺。优质的石材表面，不含太多的杂色，颜色分布比较均匀，没有忽浓忽淡的现象，边角切割整齐无缺角，用手摸没有粗糙感。而质量差的石材有很多无法弥补的"缺陷"，像污点、裂纹、色线、坑洼等现象。
在选购文化石时，一定要关注产品的检测报告，注意放射性标准数值，根据标准，只有A类的石材才适合室内使用。
Characteristics: cultural stone after billions of years of crustal movement formed a unique plate structure - schistosity. The lamination is not only easy to split, but also the rich texture of the rock surface after splitting can be made into sheets for inlaying walls. And the structure of this kind of stone material is fine close, layer shape piece manage decided it has very good hardness, wear-resisting rate is between granite and marble, and have the characteristic such as rate of bibulous low, acid-resisting high, not easy decency.
Classification: there are generally two types of culture stone: one is natural, one is artificial. Natural cultural stone varieties include pebbles, sandstone, quartz plate and so on. According to the material can be divided into sedimentary sandstone and hard SLATE two kinds. Artificial culture stone is natural culture stone as matrix, plus inorganic materials cast from.
The setting wall of TV chooses the culture stone with coarse grain to inlay, can absorb sound already, can foil again the fine simple sense that gives electric equipment. Rough texture of the culture stone is suitable for the living room and other large space decoration ornament.
Usage: in contemporary house home is decorated in, stylist suggests TV setting wall chooses the culture stone with coarse grain to inlay, can absorb sound already so, added thick wall body again, reduced acoustics to the influence of other bedroom space, and can foil the delicate feeling that gives a design distinctive contemporary household, form intense simple sense contrast. If the sitting room space area is bigger, also can use culture stone to make the theme wall of one side classic amorous feelings is full-body, make sitting room decorate is in delicate in flow show a bit optional. Or it is to build the one horn that has rural style quite in the balcony. At the same time, also need to pay attention to the main role of cultural stone is decorative ornament, do not abuse, otherwise it will backfire.
The fireplace that the culture stone place that the surface is uneven and uneven color mixes decorates, casual make the person returned to already be apart from heavy middle ages.
Choose and buy: the quality of culture stone depends on the quality of materials and processing technology. High quality stone surface, does not contain too many variegated colors, color distribution is more uniform, there is no phenomenon of sudden thick or light, the edges and corners are cut neatly without any rough feeling. And the stone material with poor quality has a lot of irreparable "defect", wait for a phenomenon like blemish, crack, color line, pothole.
In the purchase of cultural stone, must pay attention to the test report of the product, pay attention to the radioactive standard value, according to the standard, only A type of stone is suitable for indoor use.