Marble Mineral Data

These minerals can give marble a pink brown gray green or variegated coloration.

Marble mineral data.

Usually marble contains other minerals including quartz graphite pyrite and iron oxides. Marble is a metamorphic rock that forms when limestone is subjected to the heat and pressure of metamorphism. Unit a of stockbridge marble lower cambrian. Stockbridge marble including inwood marble white to gray massive to layered marble generally dolomitic but containing calcite marble in upper part locally interlayered with schist or phyllite and with calcareous siltstone or sandstone.

Metamorphic rock containing more than 50 vol. In its pure form marble is a white stone with a crystalline and sugary appearance consisting of calcium carbonate caco 3. The mineral distribution maps highlight the correlations between mineralogical composition and the layered polychromatic characteristics of the marble. 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.

Marble is a versatile product that can be used in different applications. The earthy designs and realistic representation of these materials is achieved through a unique blend of pigments and a unique casting process. In addition a triangular discriminant plot of the quantitative mineral abundance data indicates that the marble samples display a petrological continuum from calc silicate to metacarbonate rock.