“…Moreover, these direct tests are mostly not suitable for weathered rocks, friable, jointed, foliated, and laminated rocks (Mishra & Basu, 2012). It also may not be possible in the oil industry (Garia et al, 2019) and the historical building stones evaluation (Dan et al, 2010). Therefore, indirect non-destructive tests are frequently employed to obtain empirical equations to estimate the mechanical properties of rocks (Minaeian & Ahangari, 2013).…”