Editing Marble (section)

== Uses ==
[[File:Romblon island 089col.jpg|thumb|Marble products in [[Romblon province|Romblon]], [[Philippines]]]]
[[File:Lincoln statue, Lincoln Memorial.jpg|thumb|[[Statue of Abraham Lincoln (Lincoln Memorial)]] sculpted by [[Daniel Chester French]] from Georgia Marble in 1920]]

===Sculpture===
White marble has been prized for its use in [[marble sculpture|sculptures]]<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_7zKJOYkW0GsC|page=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_7zKJOYkW0GsC/page/n411 371]|quote=white marble prized for use to make sculptures.|title=PROCEEDINGS 4th International Congress on "Science and Technology for the Safeguard of Cultural Heritage in the Mediterranean Basin" VOL. I|publisher=Angelo Ferrari|isbn=9788896680315|language=en}}</ref> since [[Classical antiquity|classical times]]. This preference has to do with its softness, which made it easier to carve, relative [[isotropy]] and homogeneity, and a relative resistance to shattering. Also, the low [[Refractive index|index of refraction]] of calcite allows light to penetrate 12.7 to 38 millimeters into the stone before being scattered out, resulting in the characteristic waxy look which brings a lifelike luster to marble sculptures of any kind, which is why many sculptors preferred and still prefer marble for sculpting the human form.<ref>"Marble", Britannica Online Encyclopaedia. Britannica.com.; Clarke, Michael, ''The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art Terms'', p.148, 2001, Oxford University Press, {{ISBN|9780192800435}}</ref>

===Construction===
Construction marble is a stone which is composed of calcite, [[Dolomite (mineral)|dolomite]] or serpentine that is capable of taking a polish.<ref>Marble Institute of America pp. 223 Glossary</ref> More generally in [[construction]], specifically the [[dimension stone]] trade, the term ''marble'' is used for any crystalline calcitic rock (and some non-calcitic rocks) useful as building stone. For example, [[Tennessee marble]] is really a dense granular fossiliferous gray to pink to maroon [[Ordovician]] limestone, that [[geologist]]s call the [[Holston Formation]].

[[Ashgabat]], the capital city of [[Turkmenistan]], was recorded in the 2013 ''[[Guinness Book of Records]]'' as having the world's highest concentration of white marble buildings.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/may/26/turkmenistan-world-record-white-marble-buildings |title=Turkmenistan enters record books for having the most white marble buildings &#124; World news |work=theguardian.com |date=2013-05-26 |access-date=2013-11-24 |location=London |archive-date=2013-07-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130716094612/http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/may/26/turkmenistan-world-record-white-marble-buildings |url-status=live }}</ref>