Stone Finder: February 2008

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Some historically important kinds of marble, named after the locations of their quarries, include
Beijing White White China
Black Marble Dębnik Poland
Black Marble Kilkenny Ireland
Boticena and Onyx(Green) Pakistan
Brač Island of Brač Croatia
Brown marble Chęciny Poland
Carrara marble white or blue-gray Carrara Italy Connemara marble Green Connemara Ireland
Danby marble Danby Vermont Durango Marble Coyote Quarry Mexico
Fauske Norway
Llano Pink Central Texas
Luni marble Luni Italy Macael Spain Makrana Grayish white India
Nabresina Trieste Italy Parian marble Fine-grained semitranslucent pure-white Island of Paros Greece
Penteli Marble Flawless white with a uniform, faint yellow tint Penteli Greece
Proconnesus Marble Island of Marmara Turkey
Red Marble Ruşchiţa Romania Rouge de Rance Red Rance Belgium
Royal White White China
Thassos Snow white, White, Grayish white, White with pink veining Island of Thassos Greece
Vietnam White Grayish White Vietnam Yule Uniform pure white Marble, Colorado Colorado
White marbles, like Carrara in Italy,
Royal White and Beijing White in China,
have been prized for sculpture since classical times.
This preference has to do with the softness and relative isotropy and homogeneity, and a relative resistance to shattering. Also, the low index of refraction of calcite allows light to penetrate several millimeters into the stone before being scattered out, resulting in the characteristic "waxy" look which gives "life" to marble sculptures of the human body.

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