What is marble? What is it?
Marble is a kind of rock to marble represented, including carbonate rocks and the metamorphic rocks, relatively soft texture. The general granite rocks are common limestone, dolomite, marble and skarn. Marble varieties division, named the principle, named after the origin and some colors, such as green Dandong, Tieling red; some named patterns and colors, such as snow white, Ye Qing; some named image patterns, such as autumn, waves; some traditional names, such as marble, jade and so on. Therefore, because of different origin often appear similar or different in name. SynonymsChina produced in its marble polishing surface can be divided into basic colors, white, yellow, green, gray, red, black coffee, seven series. Each series in the polishing surface color and pattern characteristics can be divided into several sub categories, such as: white, yellow, green, Hangzhou Dandong rosin ash etc. the pattern and crystal size of marble. The thickness of a landscape type, the myriads of changes, cloud type, pattern (thread, willow, like paper and paleontology etc.), snowflake. Modern architecture is colorful changing, therefore, the decorative marble also requires many varieties and colors, can be used for different part of the building. The general requirements for monochrome marble uniform color; flower color marble pattern, gradually transition depth requirements; pattern requirements marble pattern clear, clear color, pattern of strong regularity. In short, color appearance and convenient in large area Mosaic decoration, can be in the same color batch supply as well. Chinese marble technology classification see table 4.25.1.
Marble is mainly used for processing into various shapes, materials, building walls, floor, table, column, are often used in monuments such as the monument, tower, statues and other materials. It can be carved into marble crafts, stationery, lamps andutensils.
Ishihara produced in the Yunnan province of Dali white with black pattern of limestone profile can form a natural landscape painting, ancient times often select has a molded marble used for making screen or mosaic, the name of the marbles and gradually developed into a variety of colors called all patterns, used for building decoration materials the white marble limestone, commonly known as the white marble, but on the translation of Western made of white marble statue known as marble.
