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  2. Marble - Wikipedia

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    Marble is a metamorphic rock consisting of carbonate minerals (most commonly calcite (CaCO 3) or dolomite (CaMg(CO 3) 2) that have recrystallized under the influence of heat and pressure. [1] It has a crystalline texture, and is typically not foliated , although there are exceptions.

  3. Pietra dura - Wikipedia

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    Altar frontal of Italian opera di commessi, Dubrovnik Cathedral Detail of design with roses over crossed canes, 1882. Pietra dura (Italian: [ˈpjɛːtra ˈduːra]), pietre dure ([ˈpjɛːtre ˈduːre]) or intarsia lapidary [1] (), called parchin kari or parchinkari (Persian: پرچین کاری) in the Indian Subcontinent, is a term for the inlay technique of using cut and fitted, highly ...

  4. List of types of marble - Wikipedia

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    Marble from Fauske Municipality in Norway Blocks of Carrara marble in Italy. The following is a list of various types of marble according to location. (NB: Marble-like stone which is not true marble according to geologists is included, but is indicated by italics with geologic classification given as footnote.

  5. Tessellation - Wikipedia

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    A tessellation or tiling is the covering of a surface, often a plane, using one or more geometric shapes, called tiles, with no overlaps and no gaps.In mathematics, tessellation can be generalized to higher dimensions and a variety of geometries.

  6. File:Marbles Message Cover August 1918, Marble Arms.png

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  7. UV mapping - Wikipedia

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    UV texturing is an alternative to projection mapping (e.g., using any pair of the model's X, Y, Z coordinates or any transformation of the position); it only maps into a texture space rather than into the geometric space of the object. The rendering computation uses the UV texture coordinates to determine how to paint the three-dimensional surface.

  8. Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée: Ici, on brûle des sorcières… - The ...

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    Voici le contexte qui manquait à leurs articles, le détail que ces journalistes ont négligé de mentionner: en PNG, pays qui ne s’est pleinement "ouvert” au monde extérieur qu’à la fin du XIXe siècle, la tradition de la chasse aux sorcières ne s’est pas contentée de perdurer en dépit de la présence occidentale. Elle a empiré.

  9. Portuguese pavement - Wikipedia

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    Portuguese pavement: image of the seal of the University of Coimbra, in Portugal, featuring Wisdom. Portuguese pavement, known in Portuguese as calçada portuguesa or simply calçada (or pedra portuguesa in Brazil), is a traditional-style pavement used for many pedestrian areas in Portugal.