Marble

Marble

Marble is a non-foliated metamorphic rock composed of recrystallized carbonate minerals, most commonly calcite or dolomite.

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Famous quotes containing the word marble:

    “The marble not yet carved can hold the form Of every thought the greatest artist has.”
    —Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475–1564)

    “O would that we had met
    When I had my burning youth!
    But I grow old among dreams,
    A weather-worn, marble triton
    Among the streams.”
    —William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)

    “I was the rector’s son, born to the anglican order,
    Banned for ever from the candles of the Irish poor;
    The Chichesters knelt in marble at the end of a transept
    With ruffs about their necks, their portion sure.”
    —Louis MacNeice (1907–1963)