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	Marble - LoveToKnow 1911
		The marble was derived from the quarries of Mount Pentelicus in Attica.
		Carrara marble is better known than any of the Greek marbles, inasmuch as it constitutes the stone invariably employed by the best sculptors of the present day.
		Marbles of this age are worked in Derbyshire and Yorkshire, in the neighbourhood of Bristol, in North Wales, in the Isle of Man, and in various parts of Ireland.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Marble (3184 words)

	Marble - MSN Encarta
		Marble is capable of taking a high polish and is used principally for statuary and for building purposes.
		The distinctive luster of statuary marble is caused by light penetrating a short distance into the stone and then being reflected from the surfaces of inner crystals.
		Carrara marble—which occurs abundantly in the Apuan Alps of Italy and is quarried in the region of Carrara, Massa, and Serravezza—was used in Rome for architectural purposes in the time of Augustus, the first emperor, but the finer varieties of sculptural marble were discovered later.
	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761576512/Marble.html (358 words)

	A Marble World
		It is the distances separating quarry from quarry, and one suitable outcrop of marble from another, that precludes a more general use of machinery, as the plant would require to be constantly shifted, and the declinitous nature of the country renders this almost impossible.
		The marble quarries of Carrara are principally situated in the valleys of Torano, Miseglia, Bechsano and Colonnata, where both white and colored marbles are found.
		Carrara has, in turn, belonged to the Romans, the Goths, Lombards, the famous family of Mataspina, the Republics of Pisa, of Lucca and Genoa.
	www.cagenweb.com /quarries/articles_and_books/a_marble_world.html (2196 words)

	Marble - MSN Encarta
		Marble is capable of taking a high polish and is used principally for statuary and for building purposes.
		The distinctive luster of statuary marble is caused by light penetrating a short distance into the stone and then being reflected from the surfaces of inner crystals.
		Carrara marble—which occurs abundantly in the Apuan Alps of Italy and is quarried in the region of Carrara, Massa, and Serravezza—was used in Rome for architectural purposes in the time of Augustus, the first emperor, but the finer varieties of sculptural marble were discovered later.
	ca.encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761576512/Marble.html (342 words)

	Bonded Marble Statues: Frequently Asked Questions
		Bonded marble is a composite material made from natural Italian Carrara marble powder that is mixed with a resin.
		Carrara marble is the white marble, which is quarried in Carrara, Italy.
		Carrara marble powder is a pulverized form of this marble usually made from small pieces that are not usable.
	www.everlifememorials.com /statues/statues-faqs.htm (729 words)

	Siges Marble - Building Material, Granite Countertops, Granite & Other Natural Stones
		Historically, Carrara marble is the shear building blocks of Ancient Rome and was the marble of choice for sculptor Michelangelo in the 16th century AD for his legendary depiction of David, using Carrara Statuario Extra marble.
		Carrara, Italy is the heart of the oldest and most refined marble industry in the world, and is being brought into the 21st century by Siges marble and our business partners, with our state-of-the-art quarrying, cutting, and design techniques and international business techniques that are re-shaping Italian marble’s position with-in the international stone industry.
		Siges Marble’s Carrara marble mines are created with Statuario marble, which is the purest, and most durable basic Carrara marble, anywhere, as opposed to every other Carrara Marble mine with Bianco as the base of their marble quarries, a beautiful marble, but not as pure, or durable, as Statuario.
	www.worldstonex.com /en/SF/SigesMarble/AboutUs.asp (695 words)

	Marble Quarry, Carrara - Picture - MSN Encarta
		Used since ancient times, the marble quarry near Carrara in northwestern Tuscany yields marble of outstanding quality.
		The marble is used by artists and craftspeople as well as in industry.
		The whitest marble is especially valued by sculptors.
	encarta.msn.com /media_461551733/Marble_Quarry_Carrara.html (46 words)

	Granite Countertops and Vanity Tops at All Granite And Marble Corp
		Carrara marble has been famous since the time of Ancient Rome; the Pantheon and Trajan's Column in Rome are constructed of it.
		For Michelangelo at least, Carrara marble was valued above all else, except perhaps that of his own quarry in Pietrasanta.
		Marble Arch in London and the Duomo di Siena are also made from this well regarded stone.
	www.marble.com /countertops/encyclopedia/9/carrara.html (147 words)

	Tuscany Charming :::...::: Carrara and the marble querry
		It is the town of white marble, of the contrasts between the colours of the Alps and the sea and of the many artists, who, through the years, have chosen its fabulous marble to realize the most beautiful artistical works in the world.
		Carrara reveals a stunning contrast to the tourist’s eyes: a sea town surrounded by white mountains, which are often believed covered of snow, instead of made of marble.
		Carrara reveals to be the widest pool and has three main dales: Colonnata, Fantiscritti and Ravaccione where, besides the ordinary white marble, different variations of marble are extracted as the statuary, veined, purple, “calcata” and “bardiglio”.
	www.tuscany-charming.it /en/places/carraraandmarble.asp (1161 words)

	Carrara, Massa-Carrara - Tuscany - Italy
		Carrara, worldfamous for the white or blue-gray marble, is on the Lavensa river, some 60 miles west northwest of Florence.
		Carrara marble has been famous since the time of Ancient Rome; the Pantheon and Trajan's Column in Rome are constructed of it.
		Marble Arch in London and the Duomo di Siena is also made from this well regarded stone.
	www.italyworldclub.com /toscana/massacarrara/carrara.htm (296 words)

	The Crystal Figurine Shoppe - Questions About Marble Statues
		Carrara marble powder is derived from pulverizing small pieces of Carrara marble.
		Carrara marble is a white marble quarried in Carrara, Italy.
		Bonded marble statues are made from a composite material in which natural Carrara marble powder is mixed with a resin solution.
	www.crystalfigurines.net /index.php?act=viewDoc&docId=19 (1118 words)

	carrara
		The first peak of extractive activity was in the roman period, during the imperial age the demand for Carrara marble rose since it became the most requested building stone for public buildings.
		In particular The apuan marble formation is lowermost jurassic in age and is composed of limestones having a typical saccaroidal texture due to metamorphic recrystallisation.The colour is usually white but may contain variable gray banding in places.
		The presence of these characteristics is detrimental for the quality of the marble, sol normally the blocks where is possible to find the minerals and the cavities are spoilages of the extractive activity.
	www.webmineralshop.com /articoli/carrara_eng.htm (648 words)

	Route from Versilia - The marble of Carrara and querry
		Route from Versilia - The marble of Carrara and querry
		The large one tradition of operating of the marble, indicates in the time in different ways, like stone-cutter, sculptor, sticks stones, magistri lapidum, is born much anciently in the Carrara country and Versilia, lands of marble deposit crowned from the Apuane, marble mounts.
		In Versilia, in the church of Saint Pantaleone di Pieve to Helices, a trittico of marble (1470) is attributed to this ransom.
	www.toscanamare.com /itinerary/route/carrara.html (910 words)

	Carrara - Nevada Ghost Town
		The economy of Carrara was based upon a large marble quarry, in the hills east of the townsite.
		The marble tended to be fractured and not pure and Vermont began producing large amounts of higher quality marble.
		A piece of Carrara marble in my hand revealed it to be very heavy and extremely smooth to the touch.
	www.ghosttowns.com /states/nv/carrara.html (730 words)

	Bianco carrara white marble tile vanity top countertop bathtub vessel sink column compound tile
		Carrara marble are among the most known italian minerals.
		Carrara marble is very famous for the statuary quality, used by all the most famous sculpturers in the world (Michelangelo, Canova, etc.).
		Description: Carrara round vessel sink can be put on countertop and vanity top.Carrara is famous white grey marble in the world.
	www.chinasink.com /carrara-marble/carrara_white_marble.htm (468 words)

	Marble Statues and Sculptures
		There are several different types of marble and marble combinations used by sculptors when creating their masterpieces.
		Most of the bonded marble pieces at Statue.com are marble statues imported from Italy that come from the Isac collection of sculptures by the renowned Santini family.
		This marble along with Santini’s highly regarded method of producing sculpture replicates the texture and appearance of hand carved works by retaining the finest details and characteristics of the originals.
	www.statue.com /marble-statues.html (327 words)

	Come Back, Michelangelo, the Marble Needs You
		There is so much marble that one of the other pieces in the workshop is by a dentist here who carves marble as a hobby, and local companies grind some marble into sand so that it can be used in concrete, the sublime giving birth to the mundane.
		Musetti noted, "marble is an exhaustible material." While Carrara may not run out of it anytime soon, its future planning must take that reality into account, especially because present-day environmental concerns have put some of the marble off-limits and technological advances have hastened the removal of the rest of it.
		So Carrara is turning to its past to try to forge its future, in which artists and tourists flock to Carrara because marble once again reigns supreme, or at least gets as much consideration from sculptors as metal, concrete and other materials do.
	personal.ecu.edu /conradtd/pols2010/Fall023234/FALL023234014.htm (823 words)

	GemRocks: Marble, Limestone, Dolostone
		Examples are the Shelburne Marble of Vermont; the Cedar Valley Limestone of Iowa and adjacent areas of Illinois and Minnesota; and the St. Ignace Dolomite that is well exposed in the Mackinac Straits area of Michigan.
		Although geologists restrict application of the term marble to metamorphosed carbonate rocks, in the marketplace marble is frequently applied to any predominantly carbonate rock -- including coarsely crystalline limestones and dolostones as well as their metamorphosed products (i.e., marble) -- that take a good polish.
		Marble is the state rock of Alabama, and limestone (though not as a gemrock per se) is the state stone of Indiana.
	www.cst.cmich.edu /users/dietr1rv/marble.htm (2771 words)

	Marble Statues - The Pride of Italy making Marble Statues
		All Prestige Memorials marble statues are made in Carrara, Italy, whose marble quarries have been in use for at least 2000 years.
		Carrara marble is formed in the city's legendary mountains and is considered the finest available for sculptors.
		Today bonded marble statues are made, of a material known as bonded marble, which is a composite of natural Italian Carrara marble powder that is mixed with a resin solution.
	www.prestigememorials.com /Marble-Statues-information.php (353 words)

	Town hopes its future will be carved in stone - smh.com.au
		There is so much marble that one of the other pieces in the workshop is by a dentist who carves marble as a hobby, and local companies grind some marble into sand so that it can be used in cement.
		There is marble, marble everywhere, and the artisans and other residents of Carrara are awfully fond of it.
		So Carrara is turning to its past to try to forge its future, in which it hopes artists and tourists will flock to the area because marble once again reigns supreme, or at least gets as much consideration from sculptors as metal, concrete and other materials.
	www.smh.com.au /articles/2002/09/06/1031115937276.html (635 words)

	WHERE MOUNTAINS BLEED MARBLE
		Carrara's medieval center, for instance, is chock-a-block with it: Churches, theaters and aristocratic palazzi were built from choice white stones.
		Five hundred years after Michelangelo's unrealized folly, Carrara is still an artwork in progress, perennially half-hidden by the pall of white dust raised by the frenzy of about 200 quarries and dozens of sawmills and polishing or crushing plants.
		Marble dust goes into glossy magazine paper and cosmetics, and is used as a filtering agent in anti-pollution scrubbers for smokestacks.
	www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/examiner/archive/1997/10/19/TRAVEL15615.dtl (2346 words)

	Carrara Ghost Town, Nevada
		Unfortunately for the investors of the American Carrara Marble Company formed in June 1912, much of the marble found at the site proved to be of insufficient quality to reap a bonanza of wealth.
		By September 1919 the marble was determined to be too fractured to be profitable and the quarry was closed.
		The remaining exposed marble is reminiscent of a Greek temple and a majestic spot to sit and view the striking desert scenery.
	www.roadtripamerica.com /places/carrara.htm (587 words)

	Carrara - Italy a guide to come and visit
		Situated at the foot of the Apuan Alps, the province of Massa Carrara owes its world-wide fame to the white marble overhanging it.
		Massa and Carrara are two outstanding cities of the territory, with plenty of monuments, squares and buildings, a prestigious evidence of man's ability in marble workmanship.
		On the coast, Massa Marina and Carrara Marina, renowned sea resorts are worthy anticipation of beaches and places to visit of Versilia.
	carrara.5terre.com (148 words)

	How did Yule Marble form?
		The marble was formed from Leadville Limestone by contact metamorphism, whereas the Vermont and Georgia marbles were formed by regional metamorphism.
		The character of the marble is exceptional and is better for sculpting than Michelangelo’s favorite Carrara Marble.
		The geology of the marble and the history of the town of Marble are interesting.
	geosurvey.state.co.us /Default.aspx?tabid=362 (209 words)

	Photographer Joel Leivick captures the marble of Carrara (5/99)
		In Carrara: The Marble Quarries of Tuscany, Joel Leivick writes about the massive mountains and luminous underground galleries that drew him to Italy for more than 10 years.
		Thursday, May 20, is a showcase of 44 large-scale, fl-and-white photographs of the fabled quarries and artisans of Carrara.
		The river no longer runs white from marble dust and the cutting in the quarries is now done with fancy diamond wires.
	www.stanford.edu /dept/news/pr/99/990518marble.html (773 words)

	Fireplace mantels : White Carrara marble fireplace mantel with Bacchus and Ariadne theme - www.MarcMaison.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Michelangelo Buonarroti, Canova, Donatello and Brunelleschi, are just some of the names of prestigious artists who personally went to the marble quarries that whiten the slopes of the Alpi Apuane surrounding Carrara.
		Carrara Marble was already well known in the Roman age, in the IIIrd century BC, even if the marble industry truly and fully developed during the period of the Medici, a period in which the marble extracted from the Carrara quarries was used to enrich the architectonic constructions in Florence.
		Statuary marble, one of the most precious qualities of marble is extracted here.
	www.architectural-garden-antiques.com /Fireplace_Mantels/detail/0802.php (315 words)

	Mountains Made of Marble - Jehovah's Witnesses Official Web Site
		Substantial marble deposits, the experience and professionalism of local workers, and the quality of technology used here have won this district the role of world stone marketplace.
		In addition to locally quarried materials, stone shipped to the port of Marina di Carrara from every corner of the globe is also processed by the area’s specialized industries and is then exported worldwide.
		Carrara’s white statuary marble is held to be especially beautiful.
	www.watchtower.org /e/20040922b/article_01.htm (1094 words)

	A Visit to Carrara, Italy
		In Colorado, the marble is harvested from the inside of the mountain, working around very large square columns of stone that support the external surface of the mountain above the quarry.
		The Carrara mountainsides were a whole other look with completely open excavation by all of the quarries over the centuries.
		In 1929 the largest block of white marble in the world was extracted, using helicoidal wire, from the quarry known as "Carbonera" in the Miseglia basin.
	www.borsheimarts.com /news/2004_09.htm (1307 words)

	Images Of The Day - Carrara Marble Quarries - RedOrbit (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Leonardo da Vinci invented a marble-cutting machine for the quarry, and Carrara marble is said to adorn the Pantheon and Trajan’s Column in Rome.
		The Carrara quarries have been prized since the days of the Roman Empire, but the geologic processes that developed these rocks dwarf human timescales.
		Marble formed from the purest limestone is the white marble characteristic of Carrara.
	www.redorbit.com /images/images-of-the-day/img/12839/carrara_marble_quarries/index.html (412 words)

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