A marble is a small spherical toy often made from glass clay steel plastic or agate these balls vary in size.
Marble stone terms.
Marble is a metamorphic rock composed of recrystallized carbonate minerals most commonly calcite or dolomite marble is typically not foliated although there are exceptions in geology the term marble refers to metamorphosed limestone but its use in stonemasonry more broadly encompasses unmetamorphosed limestone.
Marble is commonly used for sculpture and as a building material.
This term is actually a misnomer as it includes an obvious contradiction of terms.
These are used in monuments buildings sculptures paving and other projects.
See engineered stone and cultured marble.
Crushed stone is used as an aggregate in highways railroad beds building foundations and other types of construction.
Natural stone industry glossary glossary is usually defined as an alphabetical list of technical terms in some specialized field of knowledge.
Most marble is made into either crushed stone or dimension stone.
Stone is naturally occurring earth material.
This natural stone industry glossary provides a collection of industry terms that define many products and technical terms.
A manmade product attempting to replicate the look of natural stone.