White Metamorphic Marble

Marble is a metamorphic rock composed of recrystallized carbonate minerals most commonly calcite or dolomite marble is typically not foliated although there are exceptions in geology the term marble refers to metamorphosed limestone but its use in stonemasonry more broadly encompasses unmetamorphosed limestone.

White metamorphic marble.

This category of rock includes marble marmorized limestone dense dolomite ophicalcite calcareous breccia and calcareous conglomerates. Most of the white and gray marbles of alabama georgia and western new england and that from yule colorado are recrystallized rocks as are a number of greek and italian statuary marbles famous from antiquity which are still quarried these include the parian marble the pentelic marble of attica in which phidias praxiteles and other greek sculptors executed their principal works and. In its pure form marble is a white stone with a crystalline and sugary appearance consisting of calcium carbonate caco 3 usually marble contains other minerals including quartz graphite pyrite and iron oxides these minerals can give marble a pink brown gray green or variegated coloration. It is harder than marble and a little softer than granite countertops.

The hardness extra strength with elegant marble look makes quartzite countertops attractive for kitchens bathroom vanity tops. White marble is a common material for statues. Foliated metamorphic rocks such as gneiss phyllite schist and slate have a layered or banded appearance that is produced by exposure to heat and directed pressure. Form of it when limestone buried deep in the older layers of earth s crust is subjected to heat and pressure from thick layers of overlying sediments.

It is composed primarily of the mineral calcite caco 3 and usually contains other minerals such as clay minerals micas quartz pyrite iron oxides and graphite under the conditions of metamorphism the calcite in the limestone recrystallizes to form a rock that is. Like other metamorphic rocks marble has no fossils and any layering that appears in it probably does not correspond to the original bedding of the precursor limestone. A crystalline rock formed as a result of the recrystallization of limestone or dolomite. Quartzite is a very hard natural stone.

Marble is a metamorphic rock formed when limestone is subjected to high pressure or heat. Non foliated metamorphic rocks such as hornfels marble quartzite and novaculite do not have a layered or banded appearance. Marble is a coarse grained metamorphic rock that can be many colors including white pink yellow brown green or black. The term marble is applied commercially to any metamorphic rock of medium hardness that can be polished.

Because the parent rock limestone is composed of calcite marble with also react to and dissolve in acids. The original rock type was limestone. Marble is a granular metamorphic rock it is derived from limestone or dolomite and it consists of a mass of interlocking grains of calcite or the mineral dolomite. Marble is commonly used for sculpture and as a building material.