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The Marble Boat, a lakeside pavilion in the Summer Palace in Beijing, China The Taj Mahal is clad entirely in marble. The word "marble" derives from the Ancient Greek μάρμαρον (mármaron), [3] from μάρμαρος (mármaros), "crystalline rock, shining stone", [4] [5] perhaps from the verb μαρμαίρω (marmaírō), "to flash ...
The following is a list of rock types recognized by geologists.There is no agreed number of specific types of rock. Any unique combination of chemical composition, mineralogy, grain size, texture, or other distinguishing characteristics can describe a rock type.
The granite of the dimension-stone industry along with truly granitic rock also includes gneiss, gabbro, anorthosite and even some sedimentary rocks. Natural stone is used as architectural stone (construction, flooring, cladding, counter tops, curbing, etc.) and as raw block and monument stone for the funerary trade.
Some examples of metamorphic rocks are gneiss, slate, marble, schist, and quartzite. Slate [3] and quartzite [4] tiles are used in building construction. Marble is also prized for building construction [5] and as a medium for sculpture. [6]
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.
Limestone, metamorphosed by heat and pressure produces marble, which has been used for many statues, buildings and stone tabletops. [104] On the island of Malta, a variety of limestone called Globigerina limestone was, for a long time, the only building material available, and is still very frequently used on all types of buildings and sculptures.
The Hebrew word may have designated a green jasper. [12] Flinders Petrie suggested that the odem – the first stone on the High Priest's breastplate – was a red jasper, whilst tarshish, the tenth stone, may have been a yellow jasper. [13] Male torso carved from red jasper, Bronze Age, Harappa, Indus Valley civilisation, Pakistan
Granite (/ ˈ ɡ r æ n ɪ t / GRAN-it) is a coarse-grained 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.