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  Seems this topic either un interesting orwasn't contributed some defined ideas to discuss in first post, so i'll try add some more examples and suggestions.If they are stil not interested then let this topic go down. So if it is interesting feel free add your own suggestions what proper uses of suggested materials or their properties u would like to see.(let's hope that some ideas would interest developer)

  diorite-pretty hard like other intrusive rocks,making it good material for outter walls and fortifications and building floors in large rooms,and can be cracked. Built floor and ramps of, it can be smoothed to harden movement. Smothed ramps can move enemies in neighboring tile if it smooth too then unit can move farther. Plus there is chance that enemy looses balance in process and fells down.
  crack efect
all major object can be cracked getting them more succeptible for damage or cave in. Unfixed cracked objects can spawn cracks on neghboring tiles.
Cracks progress from level 1 to 7 over time with dependant on supporting mass and material properties. cracks over lvl 7 destroy object. Cracks progress slower between neighboring objects made of different crackable materials. Neighbouring objects of the same materials get bonus durability.



  Twigs can be used as earlier version of pittraps. Bridge made from it can be marked as pittrap(unpassable for alliesand passable for hostiles) it will fall down autamaticaly under unit steps on it, if tile under it is accesible for 1x1 unit.

  Orthoclase belongs to group of crackable materials too but cracks progression over time is slowed down.

  Marble and obsidian can be considered as good material for shrines if there would be one. They are crackable too.

I'd realy liked if there  were more unic different uses of specific materials.
i.e.
general uses: u can make this thing almoust of everything: like making
                   blocks,walls,stairs e.t.c. No mutter what rock, wood or maybe some other materials u have u can do this.(it is implemented alreadypretty nice);

special uses: only form 3 to 6(or maybe some narrow group of them)  types
     of materials can be used for this.(like barrels and bins made of wood,or bolts -  wood, bone, iron).

unic- u can use only that kind of material for this only or it gives really good
      properties to some items.(example boxite for lava proof parts or even adamantine wich is pretty much like strategic resource).This things should be not so nessesary but still pretty usefull(dependant on material quality). and should be treated as strategical uses.

It is still possible to make some special properties wich separates this material from others.

   Also it would be good if items had some properties i'e chalk walls would be  less resistant to damage but don't crack(witch can move to neighbouring tilesand make walls susceptible for damage) on heavy object hit,so u can use it as one time save your granite or mramor walls.Glass walls pretty fragile, but they are pretty cheap and shatter on destruction having chance to wound some one nearby,and after shatter it can be like weak trap damaging unarmored legs until cleaned(dependant on stack one tile range from shattered object) can lead for some fun(like mad dwarf hit glass object, or even on sieges).
  Some materials can make (un)happy thoughts e.t.c., some can be pretty much invisible in dark, to creatures with bad vision or head damage. obsidian floors and walls in pit and wait till nasty elf tambles there in dark.
  Or even stone traps made out of bag of chalk,coal,ash , or talk powder can almoust deal no damage but blocking  vision(less u can see while in and also less what's going on there), or causing wander till dust settles(for chalk and talk u can mark em to be better seen in dark therefore better targeting). Or just drop bags of chalk powder on some one head by using preasure plates.