marble

marble

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marble

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Image credit: James St. John

marble in classification

important observable properties - properties in classification table below

  • grain size may be quite variable, from fine-grained to coarse-grained
  • variable in color/tone from presence of other mineral chemistry, e.g., from pure white to gray, greenish, orangish,reddish, blackish (check out Image Galleries below).
  • dominated by the mineral calcite, therefore reacts strongly to cold, dilute HCl

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Resources: marble

Image Galleries

  • Flickr Image gallery, James St. John: marble
  • Mindat.org image gallery: marble
  • Google images: marble

Other Resources