7330 kinds of different color marble from 8 countries.
Marble stones names.
Agates or aggies by the middle of the nineteenth century marbles made of agate had become so popular that the word aggie a nickname for agate came to be used for all stone marbles.
Many were quarried and ground in germany and then exported to america and other countries.
Marble is being created by the transformation of other stones through the action of high temperatures and intense pressures.
Within each piece of stone also lies the history of one particular place on our planet.
Used in the construction of the taj mahal india.
This is a serpentine stone.
Like so many natural formations every piece is unique and matchless.
Natural stone is a creation of nature.
Used in the construction of the rostrum of the united nations general assembly.
Makrana marble white marble also known as sangemarmar.
Green marble green marble also known as verde india marble.
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As a result of this process new minerals textures and structures give rise to a large number of different types of marble as we will see in the examples below.
Marble is a rock made of calcium carbonate which has been exposed to a natural recrystallization process.
Today s limestone floor for instance was once a mass of tiny sea creatures then an ancient seabed and after millions of years of uplift a mountainside where the limestone was discovered.