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White
marble is one of the most common rocks in our neighborhood, because
people buy it by the bag to decorate their gardens and walkways.
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White
Chert:
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Dolostone:
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Limestone:
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Some
pieces of marble have tiny crystals of pyrite or "fool's
gold."
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We're not sure where our marble came from.
There are active marble quarries in Vermont,
New York, Georgia, Colorado, and in Canada
as well. The marble sold in our area could
come from one or more of those places.
White marble formed when very pure limestone
rock was buried deeply and exposed to high heat
and great pressure.
We use the scientific name "marble" for this
rock,
but it is also known by other names:
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Here are some ways to classify marble (by
grouping it with similar types of rocks):
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The Vermont Marble Exhibit is an online museum about
marble:
< http://www.vermont-marble.com/home.htm
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This site has old photos and postcards of a marble
quarries in Vermont:
< http://freepages.history.rootsweb.com/~quarries/states/vt-proctor-photos.html
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This site has lots of photos of a marble quarry in Italy:
< http://graphics.stanford.edu/~lucasp/pictures/italy/quarry/
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Here are some links to companies that operate marble
quarries. We only included sites with photos of marble
quarries and marble products:
< http://www.yulemarble.com/
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< http://www.renaissancestone.com/ptquary.html
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