Marble

Composition:
Calcite, dolomite or a combination of both and accessory minerals acting as coloring agents. Veining minerals range from calcite, quartz and a variety of other minerals.

Marble, like any other building material, has its strengths and limitations. It is important to judge the performance characteristics of different stones individually and not assume that all marbles are alike.

Commercially, "Marble" has become a trade term which is used to classify a wide range of stones used for decorative purposes that are capable of taking a polish.

Marble is a metamorphic stone. It was at one time a limestone or dolomite that has been structurally altered by recrystallization. Pure marble is white. The abstract variety of colors, mottling, clouds, swirls, shading, streaks, and veining are derived from the accessory minerals that were present in the limestone or dolomite.

Marble is a beautiful and exciting material with its varieties of veining, patterns and its palette of colors; this stone communicates permanence, integrity, quality and elegance.