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  2. Nero Marquina marble - Wikipedia

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    Nero Marquina marble (mármol Negro Marquina [1]) is a high quality, black bituminous limestone extracted from the region of Markina, Basque Country in northern Spain. [2] This variety of natural stone gets its black color from naturally-occurring bitumen. [3] It is one of the most important "marbles" from Spain.

  3. Ashford Black Marble - Wikipedia

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    A picture of Ecton Hill made using Ashford Black Marble A picture of Matlock Bath engraved using Ashford Black Marble by Ann Rayner. Ashford Black Marble is the name given to a dark limestone, quarried from mines near Ashford-in-the-Water, in Derbyshire, England. Once cut, turned and polished, its shiny black surface is highly decorative.

  4. List of types of marble - Wikipedia

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    Marble mis-nomers: Cetechovice marble (cetechovický mramor) from Cetechovice, Kroměříž District: coloured [c] Karlík marble (karlický mramor), from Barrandien, Karlík, Prague-West District: black with gold-yellow-colour veins [d] Podol marble (Podolský mramor), from Vápenný Podol, Chrudim District: white, grey-white, rosy [e]

  5. 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.

  6. Stones of India - Wikipedia

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    Gujarat - AmbaJi White Marble: It can be compared with Makarana Marble. It is highly calcic and is produced in a town called Ambaji (famous for its temple of Durga Devi). The marble has a very soft and waxy look and is often used by sculptors. Rajasthan - Abu Black: This is one of the rare black textured marble available.

  7. Noir Belge - Wikipedia

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    Stanislas Kostka on his Deathbed dressed in a habit of noir belge which effectfully offsets the white Carrara marble of the head, hands, feet and pillows. Statue by Pierre Le Gros the Younger, 1702–03, Rome, Jesuit Novitiate Flooring in a fireplace at Modave Castle executed in Noir Belge in combination with white Carrara Marble and Rouge Belge.

  8. Black Taj Mahal - Wikipedia

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    The Black Taj Mahal is a legendary black marble mausoleum that is said to have been planned to be built across the Yamuna River opposite the Taj Mahal in Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India. Mughal emperor Shah Jahan is said to have desired a mausoleum for himself similar to that of the one he had built in memory of his second wife, Mumtaz Mahal .

  9. Marble sculpture - Wikipedia

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    Lorenzo Bartolini, (Italian, 1777–1850), La Table aux Amours (The Demidoff Table), Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, Marble sculpture. Marble has been the preferred material for stone monumental sculpture since ancient times, with several advantages over its more common geological "parent" limestone, in particular the ability to absorb light a small distance into the surface before ...

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