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Marble
Marble
Marble is a metamorphic rock composed of recrystallized carbonate minerals, most commonly calcite or dolomite.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...

is a type of rock resulting from the metamorphism of limestone.

Marble or Marbles may also refer to:
  • Marble (toy)
    Marble (toy)
    A marble is a small spherical toy usually made from glass, clay, steel, or agate. These balls vary in size. Most commonly, they are about ½ inch in diameter, but they may range from less than ¼ inch to over 3 inches , while some art glass marbles fordisplay purposes are over 12 inches ...

    , a small spherical toy usually made from glass, clay, steel, or agate
  • Marble sculpture
    Marble sculpture
    Marble sculpture is the art of creating three-dimensional forms from marble. Sculpture is among the oldest of the arts. Even before painting cave walls, early humans fashioned shapes from stone. From these beginnings, artifacts have evolved to their current complexity...

    , the art of creating three-dimensional forms from marble
    • The Elgin Marbles
      Elgin Marbles
      The Parthenon Marbles, forming a part of the collection known as the Elgin Marbles , are a collection of classical Greek marble sculptures , inscriptions and architectural members that originally were part of the Parthenon and other buildings on the Acropolis of Athens...

      , for example

Places

In the United States
  • Marble, Colorado
    Marble, Colorado
    Marble is a Statutory Town in Gunnison County, Colorado, United States. The population was 131 at the 2010 census.-History:The town of Marble was first incorporated in 1899...

    , a town
  • Marble, Minnesota
    Marble, Minnesota
    Marble is a city in Itasca County, Minnesota, USA. It is part of the chain of small mining towns known as the Iron Range. Many mines have since shut down and stressed the local economy. The population was 701 at the 2010 census.U.S...

    , a small city
  • Marble, North Carolina
    Marble, North Carolina
    Marble is an unincorporated community in Cherokee County, North Carolina, United States.Marble's elevation is 1,680 feet . It has an area of...

  • Marble Township (disambiguation)
  • Marbles Kids Museum
    Marbles Kids Museum
    Marbles Kids Museum is a nonprofit children's museum located in downtown Raleigh, North Carolina in the Moore Square Historic District.Its mission is to "inspire imagination, discovery and learning through extraordinary adventures in play and larger-than-life IMAX experiences." It was created...

     in Raleigh, North Carolina

Music

  • Marble (band)
    Marble (band)
    marble is a Japanese musical duo, originally named The Student's and formed in 1999. The members, Micco and Tatsuya Kikuchi, met and became friends while they were both enrolled in music school. Kikuchi was the main musical support for Micco at that time, who was acting as a solo artist...

    , a Japanese musical duo
  • Marbles (album)
    Marbles (album)
    Marbles is the 13th studio album from rock band Marillion, released in 2004. Unlike their previous studio album, Anoraknophobia , which was financed largely by a preorder campaign, it was the publicity campaign that fans financed for the album...

    , a 2004 album by Marillion
  • Marble (album), a 2004 album by Casiopea
  • Marbles (band)
    Marbles (band)
    Marbles is the solo recording project of The Apples in Stereo singer and chief songwriter Robert Schneider. The project started out in 1993 when Schneider would record his various musical endeavors on cassette for various people he knew, but was somewhat abandoned as the Apples got off the ground...

    , the solo music project of Robert Schneider of The Apples in Stereo
  • The Marbles (duo), a 1960s English rock duo

Other

  • Marble butterflies, American Pieridae
    Pieridae
    The Pieridae are a large family of butterflies with about 76 genera containing approximately 1,100 species, mostly from tropical Africa and Asia. Most pierid butterflies are white, yellow or orange in coloration, often with black spots...

     in the tribe Anthocharini
    Anthocharini
    The tribe Anthocharini is one of the subdivisions of the insect order Lepidoptera, which includes the moths and butterflies. It is a further subdivision of the butterfly family Pieridae and subfamily Pierinae; formerly it was considered a subfamily on its own, Anthocharinae...

  • Marble (software), a free and open-source map program
  • Marble cheese
    Marble cheese
    Marble cheese is a combination of orange and white cheese curd. A common incorrect assumption is that it is a combination of mozzarella and cheddar cheeses, when it is in fact entirely cheddar cheese....

    of the cheddar family
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