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)

    “Silence is as full of potential wisdom and wit as the unhewn marble of great sculpture. The silent bear no witness against themselves.”
    —Aldous Huxley (1894–1963)