
Marble
Virtual Museum ID: 19-AME930
Specimen Summary
Marble is a type of rock that forms when carbonate rocks like limestone or dolostone are metamorphosed, or transformed by high temperatures and pressures. Marble is made mainly of the minerals calcite and dolomite. It is usually white, sometimes with thin bands or swirls of colour if the original rock contained layers of mud, clay, sand or silt. It can occur in different colours if different impurities like iron are present. Marble has been used mainly in construction and stone masonry throughout human history
This sample is from the Kootenay region of southeastern BC.
As seen in this sample, marble sometimes has small void spaces or cavities. These can form when slightly acidic fluids percolate through the rock, dissolving some of the rock as they flow through it. Later, other fluids can flow through these spaces, precipitating minerals like calcite, the white mineral seen in the hotspot images in this sample.
Specimen Data
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Collection Details
Original Collection:
Association for Mineral Exploration (AME)Sub Collection:
-Collection ID:
AME-930Virtual Museum ID:
19-AME930Accessibility:
Date Added to VM:
2018-02-15Location Information
Sample Origin:
Kootenay Region, British ColumbiaSpecific Site:
unknownUTM Easting:
676039.6305UTM Northing:
5440484.142Datum:
11 (NAD 83)Coordinate Accuracy:
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VM Category:
RockPrimary Features:
MarblePrimary Mineral Formula:
CaCO3Primary Category:
carbonateSecondary Features:
Advanced Geological Information
The following section provides geological data relating to the specimen or the site it was collected from, when available. Information has been obtained from various sources including private and government datasets but may not be up to date. Any geological time periods or ages listed often relate to the primary geology of the area, and may not be the actual date of an event such as mineral formation.
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