Sussex marble

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Description

A grayish variegated stone with numerous white shell fossils. Sussex marble is quarried in Sussex, England. It was used for the Episcopal chair and altar stones in the Canterbury Cathedral.

Synonyms and Related Terms

Sussex stone; Petworth marble