Physical properties and uses of marble.
Marble physical appearance.
Physical origins of marble.
Rocks are rated on the on the moh s hardness scale which rates the rocks on the scale from 1 to 10.
Marble occurs in large deposits that can be hundreds of feet thick and geographically extensive.
Marble marble uses.
Most marble is made into either crushed stone or dimension stone.
Major minerals of marble.
This allows it to be economically mined on a large scale with some mines and quarries producing millions of tons per year.
Marbles are used principally for buildings and monuments interior decoration statuary table tops and novelties.
Crushed stone is.
Commercially it includes all decorative calcium rich rocks that can be polished as well as certain serpentines verd antiques.
Marble granular limestone or dolomite i e rock composed of calcium magnesium carbonate that has been recrystallized under the influence of heat pressure and aqueous solutions.
The physical properties of marble depend on its formation.
Rocks with hardness 1 3 are soft rocks from 3 6 are.
Diopside tremolite actinolite dolomite.
Transparent emerald the green variety of beryl on calcite marble matrix.
Accessory minerals of marble.
Petrographically marbles are massive rather than thin layered and consist of a.
Resistance to abrasion which is a function of cohesion between grains as well as the hardness of the component minerals is important for floor and stair treads.
Colour and appearance are their most important qualities.
Marble is a metamorphic rock formed when limestone is subjected to high pressure or heat.
Hardness and strength of marble.