Marble Sealer
Marble Sealer
Marble is a metamorphic rock composed of recrystallized carbonate minerals,
most commonly calcite or dolomite. Marble may be foliated.
Geologists use the term “marble” to refer to metamorphosed limestone;
however, stonemasons use the term more broadly to encompass unmetamorphosed limestone.
Marble is commonly used for sculpture and as a building material.
Marble is a rock resulting from metamorphism of sedimentary carbonate rocks,
most commonly limestone or dolomite rock.
Metamorphism causes variable recrystallization of the original carbonate mineral grains.
The resulting marble rock is typically composed of an interlocking mosaic of carbonate crystals.
Primary sedimentary textures and structures of the original carbonate rock
(protolith) have typically been modified or destroyed.
Pure white marble is the result of metamorphism of a very pure (silicate-poor) limestone
or dolomite protolith.
The characteristic swirls and veins of many colored marble varieties are usually due to various
mineral impurities such as clay, silt, sand, iron oxides, or chert which were originally present as
grains or layers in the limestone.
Green coloration is often due to serpentine resulting from originally magnesium-rich limestone or
dolostone with silica impurities.
These various impurities have been mobilized and recrystallized by the intense pressure and heat of the metamorphism.
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