Marble Facts
Marble Facts
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| Interesting Marble Facts: |
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| Marble is primarily white but can come in other colors as well. |
| Back in ancient times, you could easily tell where a piece of marble came from by looking at its color. |
| Marble has been used to make statues and provide flooring since ancient times. |
| Plaster fresco has been used as a marble replacement when marble is too expensive to use. |
| The Taj Mahal in India is made entirely of marble. |
| Marble is a type of metamorphic rock. |
| Marble usually originates as limestone or dolomite. |
| Calcite, dolomite crystals, and aragonite are the key components of marble. |
| Impurities are what gives marble its color. |
| Marble is typically found among other metamorphic rock such as gneiss and mica schist. |
| Marble usually lays among the oldest part of the Earth's crust. |