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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