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Monolith with bull, fox, and crane in low relief at Göbekli Tepe. The density of most stone is between 2 and 3 tons per cubic meter. Basalt weighs about 2.8 to 3.0 tons per cubic meter; granite averages about 2.75 metric tons per cubic meter; limestone, 2.7 metric tons per cubic meter; sandstone or marble, 2.5 tons per cubic meter.
Sylacauga marble has been called the "world's whitest". [3] Discovered in 1814, it has been mined for over 160 years, and is used for building, sculpture, and industry. [ 2 ] The Alabama Legislature passed Act 755 on September 12, 1969, which made this marble the state's official rock .
The marble-bearing deposits in the area are widely known and are among the largest in the world. The whiteness of the marble, its homogeneous form, and the micro-granular structure generate a high demand for Sivec marble on the international market. [citation needed] Sivec®, or Bianco Sivec, is the registered name for this fine-grained white ...
Marble mis-nomers: Cetechovice marble (cetechovický mramor) from Cetechovice, Kroměříž District: coloured [c] Karlík marble (karlický mramor), from Barrandien, Karlík, Prague-West District: black with gold-yellow-colour veins [d] Podol marble (Podolský mramor), from Vápenný Podol, Chrudim District: white, grey-white, rosy [e]
U.S. dimension marble demand is about 1.3 million tons. The DSAN World Demand for (finished) Marble Index has shown a growth of 12% annually for the 2000–2006 period, compared to 10.5% annually for the 2000–2005 period. The largest dimension marble application is tile.
"This is the biggest house in Princeton and is one of the more expensive in town. Because it's up there in this area, it's $600,000, but in the cities, you'd see homes like this sell closer to $3 ...
The world’s largest 3D printer has created a house that can cut construction time and labor. The machine revealed Tuesday at the University of Maine is four times larger than the first one ...
The Rhode Island State House is constructed of 327,000 cubic feet (9,300 m 3) of white Georgia marble, 15 million bricks, and 1,309 short tons (1,169 long tons) of iron floor beams. [3] The dome is "the fourth largest self-supported marble dome in the world".