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== Description == | == Description == | ||
| − | Any of numerous marbles quarried in the northern part of Georgia. The coarse-grain marbles usually have pale colors ranging from white to pink to gray to green with large sparkling crystals. The White Georgia marble is used for statuary while most ([http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=Georgia | + | Any of numerous marbles quarried in the northern part of Georgia. The coarse-grain marbles usually have pale colors ranging from white to pink to gray to green with large sparkling crystals. The White Georgia marble is used for statuary while most ([http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=Georgia%20green%20marble Georgia green], [http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=Georgia%20White%20marble Georgia White], [http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=Georgia%20Cherokee%20marble Georgia Cherokee], [http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=Georgia%20Silver%20Gray%20marble Georgia Silver Gray], [http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=Creole%20marble Creole], [http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=Etowah%20marble Etowah], and Mezzotint) are used as interior and exterior building stones. |
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* ''Dictionary of Building Preservation'', Ward Bucher, ed., John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York City, 1996 | * ''Dictionary of Building Preservation'', Ward Bucher, ed., John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York City, 1996 | ||
| − | * | + | * Frank A. Lent, ''Trade names and Descriptions of Marbles, Limestones, Sandstones, Granites and Other Building Stones Quarried in the United States Canada and other Countries.'', Stone Publishing Co, New York, 1925 |
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Revision as of 06:30, 24 July 2013
Description
Any of numerous marbles quarried in the northern part of Georgia. The coarse-grain marbles usually have pale colors ranging from white to pink to gray to green with large sparkling crystals. The White Georgia marble is used for statuary while most (Georgia green, Georgia White, Georgia Cherokee, Georgia Silver Gray, Creole, Etowah, and Mezzotint) are used as interior and exterior building stones.
Additional Images
Supreme Court Building, Washington DC
Authority
- Dictionary of Building Preservation, Ward Bucher, ed., John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York City, 1996
- Frank A. Lent, Trade names and Descriptions of Marbles, Limestones, Sandstones, Granites and Other Building Stones Quarried in the United States Canada and other Countries., Stone Publishing Co, New York, 1925