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[[File:Bok Tower door.JPG|right|thumb|250px|The portal to the [[Bok Tower Gardens|Bok Tower]] shows blue-and-white Creole marble as well as the pink [[Etowah marble]]]] |
[[File:Bok Tower door.JPG|right|thumb|250px|The portal to the [[Bok Tower Gardens|Bok Tower]] shows blue-and-white Creole marble as well as the pink [[Etowah marble]]]] |
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[[File:Blue-and-white Creole marble.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Creole marble sample]] |
[[File:Blue-and-white Creole marble.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Creole marble sample]] |
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'''Creole marble''', also called '''Georgia creole''' or '''Georgia marble''', is a [[marble]] from quarries in [[Pickens County, Georgia]], [[United States]].<ref>{{cite web| url=http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/record.asp?key=2170&subkey=2672&MaterialName=Marble&Description=&Composition=&CAS=&MohsHardness=&MeltingPoint=&MolecularWeight=&Density=&RefrIndex=&BoilingPoint=&OtherProperties=&Safety=&Authority=&Reference=&ImageName=&ImageCaption=&Search=Search&search_start=21&page=2| title=Material Name:Creole marble| publisher=[[Museum of Fine Arts, Boston]]| accessdate=January 17, 2011| url-status=dead| archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110727082110/http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/record.asp?key=2170&subkey=2672&MaterialName=Marble&Description=&Composition=&CAS=&MohsHardness=&MeltingPoint=&MolecularWeight=&Density=&RefrIndex=&BoilingPoint=&OtherProperties=&Safety=&Authority=&Reference=&ImageName=&ImageCaption=&Search=Search&search_start=21&page=2| archivedate=July 27, 2011 |
'''Creole marble''', also called '''Georgia creole''' or '''Georgia marble''', is a [[marble]] from [[quarry|quarries]] in [[Pickens County, Georgia]], [[United States]].<ref>{{cite web| url=http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/record.asp?key=2170&subkey=2672&MaterialName=Marble&Description=&Composition=&CAS=&MohsHardness=&MeltingPoint=&MolecularWeight=&Density=&RefrIndex=&BoilingPoint=&OtherProperties=&Safety=&Authority=&Reference=&ImageName=&ImageCaption=&Search=Search&search_start=21&page=2| title=Material Name:Creole marble| publisher=[[Museum of Fine Arts, Boston]]| accessdate=January 17, 2011| url-status=dead| archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110727082110/http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/record.asp?key=2170&subkey=2672&MaterialName=Marble&Description=&Composition=&CAS=&MohsHardness=&MeltingPoint=&MolecularWeight=&Density=&RefrIndex=&BoilingPoint=&OtherProperties=&Safety=&Authority=&Reference=&ImageName=&ImageCaption=&Search=Search&search_start=21&page=2| archivedate=July 27, 2011 |
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}}</ref> It is coarse-grained, displays a white or gray background while veins or clouds are black or dark blue. Based on the tone and coloring it sold as Light Creole, Medium Creole, and Dark Creole. |
}}</ref> It is coarse-grained, displays a white or gray background while veins or clouds are black or dark blue. Based on the tone and coloring it sold as Light Creole, Medium Creole, and Dark Creole. |
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Creole marble, also called Georgia creole or Georgia marble, is a marble from quarries in Pickens County, Georgia, United States.[1] It is coarse-grained, displays a white or gray background while veins or clouds are black or dark blue. Based on the tone and coloring it sold as Light Creole, Medium Creole, and Dark Creole.
Creole marble has been used extensively in buildings and monuments in the United States.
Notable buildings with Creole marble
- United States Capitol, Washington, DC
- Carillon, Bok Tower Gardens, Florida
References
- ^ "Material Name:Creole marble". Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Archived from the original on July 27, 2011. Retrieved January 17, 2011.