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2. Carrara marble - Wikipedia

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   The pure white statuario grade was used for monumental sculpture, as "it has a high tensile strength, can take a high gloss polish and holds very fine detail". [1] By the late 20th century Carrara's highest-grade marble had run out; the considerable ongoing production is of stone with a greyish tint, or streaks of black or grey on white.

3. Granite - Wikipedia

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   Granite (/ ˈɡrænɪt / GRAN-it) is a coarse-grained (phaneritic) intrusive igneous rock composed mostly of quartz, alkali feldspar, and plagioclase. It forms from magma with a high content of silica and alkali metal oxides that slowly cools and solidifies underground.

4. David (Michelangelo) - Wikipedia

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   David is a masterpiece of Italian Renaissance sculpture in marble [1] [2] created from 1501 to 1504 by Michelangelo.With a height of 5.17 metres (17 ft 0 in), the David was the first colossal marble statue made in the High Renaissance, and since classical antiquity, a precedent for the 16th century and beyond.

5. Quartzite - Wikipedia

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   Quartzite is a very hard rock composed predominantly of an interlocking mosaic of quartz crystals. The grainy, sandpaper-like surface is glassy in appearance. Minor amounts of former cementing materials, iron oxide, silica, carbonate and clay, often migrate during recrystallization, causing streaks and lenses to form within the quartzite. [1 ...

6. Why your drug store is closing - AOL

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   Walgreens is closing 1,200 stores. CVS is closing 900. Rite-Aid is closing 500. What is going on with America’s drug stores?

7. Week 2 preview: 5 most interesting matchups | Football 301 - AOL

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   The duo finish off with some final thoughts on how the Los Angeles Chargers and Minnesota Vikings might both be able to get their run games going on Sunday. (3:00) Seattle Seahawks @ New England ...