Custom Made Counter Tops of Granite, Quartz, Soapstone, IceStone and Much More at Competitive Prices
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Custom Made Counter Tops of Granite, Quartz, Soapstone, IceStone and Much More at Competitive Prices
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Marble
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| Marble is a metamorphic
rock resulting from the metamorphism of limestone,
composed mostly of calcite
(a crystalline form of calcium carbonate, CaCO3). It is extensively used
for sculpture, as a building material, and in many other applications. The
word 'marble' is colloquially used to refer to many other stones that are
capable of taking a high polish. Faux marble or faux marbling is a wall painting technique that imitates the color patterns of real marble (not to be confused with paper marbling). Marble dust can be combined with cement or synthetic resins to make reconstituted or cultured marble. Places named after the stone include Marble Hill, Manhattan, New York; the Sea of Marmara; India's Marble Rocks; and the towns of Marble, Minnesota; Marble, Colorado; and Marble Arch, London. The marbles.html">Elgin Marbles are marble sculptures from the Parthenon that are on display in the British Museum. They were brought to Britain by the Earl of Elgin. Kinds of marbleNatural patterns on the polished surface of "landscape marble" can resemble a city skyline or even trees. Blocks of cut marble at the historic mill in Marble, Colorado Some historically important kinds of marble, named after the locations of their quarries, include: Paros from Greece Penteli from Greece Carrara from Italy Proconnesus from Turkey Macael from Spain Makrana from India Danby from Vermont Yule from Colorado White marbles, like Carrara, have been prized for sculpture since classical times. This preference has to do with the softness and relative isotropy and homogeneity, and a relative resistance to shattering. Also, the low index of refraction of calcite allows light to penetrate several millimeters into the stone before being scattered out, resulting in the characteristic "waxy" look which gives "life" to marble sculptures of the human body. |
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