White Metamorphic Marble

Marble is a metamorphic rock that forms when limestone is subjected to the heat and pressure of metamorphism.

White metamorphic marble.

A crystalline rock formed as a result of the recrystallization of limestone or dolomite. We have tens of different quartzite slabs for you to choose from. 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. Because the parent rock limestone is composed of calcite marble with also react to and dissolve in acids.

Non foliated metamorphic rocks such as hornfels marble quartzite and novaculite do not have a layered or banded appearance. 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. The term marble is applied commercially to any metamorphic rock of medium hardness that can be polished. Quartzite is a very hard natural stone.

It is harder than marble and a little softer than granite countertops. 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. 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. The color of marble can range from the purest white to black ranging through the warmer colors in between depending on the other mineral impurities.

Marble is a metamorphic rock formed when limestone is subjected to high pressure or heat. 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. 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. Marble is commonly used for sculpture and as a building material.

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. This category of rock includes marble marmorized limestone dense dolomite ophicalcite calcareous breccia and calcareous conglomerates. 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.