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The Fascinating Story of Marble
Most people know what marble countertops are, but just where
does this beautiful material come from? It comes from the Earth, but
there’s more to it than that. While marble is most often used for kitchen
countertop fabrication and installation, as well as for large monuments
and museums, it has a vastly complex history. marble has been used throughout
the centuries, for everything from works of art, pyramid decoration
and, of course, today’s marble countertops.
The stone we call marble is created through the metamorphosis
of limestone or dolostone, and is made of calcite. marble comes to exist
from rare contact with those sedimentary carbonate rocks, which causes
the rock to completely re-crystallize into an interlocking mosaic of
calcite, aragonite and/or dolomite crystals. The temperatures and pressures
that are necessary for marble to be formed usually destroy any fossils
and sediment that were in the original rock. This means the material
that people use for kitchen countertop fabrication and installation
will be as clean and solid as possible.
Other than marble countertops, the material is also very often
used for sculptures. The word marble that we use today typically refers
to pure white marble, which comes from the purest limestone. There are
other colors of marble that people use for sculptures and kitchen countertops,
though. Other colors of marble usually come about due to minerals that
have been caught in the stone, such as clay, silt, sand, iron oxides
or chert. Green marble usually comes about because of serpentine in
the rock, which results from limestone that was high in magnesium content
or dolostone with silica impurities.
Marble without any color is made of the purest calcium carbonate,
which is most popular for kitchen countertop fabrication and installation.
The clear marble is also popular for sculptures. The ancient Greeks
were some of the first people to use marble for sculpture and other
purposes, and so the name of the stone is also derived from ancient
Greek language. The word “marble” comes from the Greek “marmaros,” which
means “shining stone.” This is also the origin for the English word
“marmoreal” which means “marble-like.”
The use of marble for so many ancient Greek and Roman works of
art has made the stone somewhat of a symbol for classic design and high
fashion. This is why marble countertops are still associated with upper
class homes, though marble is often used sparingly throughout many more
modest home designs. In folklore, marble is also often associated with
the astrological sign of Gemini and pure white marble is an emblem of
purity. It is also an emblem of immortality, and an insurer of success
in education. For all these reasons, marble is a material that has a
reputation for strength, purity, beauty, longevity and style.
For more resources about granite
countertop fabrication and installation or even about granite
countertop installation and especially about granite
countertops fabrication and installation please review this website.
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