Texas marble

Esquema

Getty AAT: Materials (matter)

Jerarquía

<materials by composition> > inorganic material > rock > metamorphic rock > marble (rock) > <marble by color or pattern> > white marble

Descripción

A coarse-textured white marble that is nearly pure calcium carbonate; it was used to build the first 152 feet of the Washington Monument in Washington, DC. It is quarried in Texas, Maryland, not in the state of Texas.

URI original del concepto

http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300011610

Otros términos

  • Texas marmer [nl]
  • mármol de Tejas [es]
  • marble, Texas [en]
  • mármol de Texas [es]