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title="Marmor – Alemannic" lang="gsw" hreflang="gsw" data-title="Marmor" data-language-autonym="Alemannisch" data-language-local-name="Alemannic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Alemannisch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ar mw-list-item"><a href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D8%AE%D8%A7%D9%85" title="رخام – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="رخام" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-an mw-list-item"><a href="https://an.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marbre" title="Marbre – Aragonese" lang="an" hreflang="an" data-title="Marbre" data-language-autonym="Aragonés" data-language-local-name="Aragonese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Aragonés</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%A1rmole" title="Mármole – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Mármole" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C9%99rm%C9%99r" title="Mərmər – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Mərmər" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%B1%D9%85%D8%B1" title="مرمر – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="مرمر" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AC%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B2" title="মার্বেল – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="মার্বেল" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/T%C4%81i-l%C3%AD-chio%CC%8Dh" title="Tāi-lí-chio̍h – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Tāi-lí-chio̍h" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BC%D1%83%D1%80" title="Мармур – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Мармур" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be-x-old mw-list-item"><a href="https://be-tarask.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BC%D1%83%D1%80" title="Мармур – Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" lang="be-tarask" hreflang="be-tarask" data-title="Мармур" data-language-autonym="Беларуская (тарашкевіца)" data-language-local-name="Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская (тарашкевіца)</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bh mw-list-item"><a href="https://bh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%B0" title="संगमरमर – Bhojpuri" lang="bh" hreflang="bh" data-title="संगमरमर" data-language-autonym="भोजपुरी" data-language-local-name="Bhojpuri" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>भोजपुरी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%BE%D1%80" title="Мрамор – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Мрамор" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bs mw-list-item"><a href="https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mramor" title="Mramor – Bosnian" lang="bs" hreflang="bs" data-title="Mramor" data-language-autonym="Bosanski" data-language-local-name="Bosnian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bosanski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marbr" title="Marbr – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="Marbr" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marbre" title="Marbre – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Marbre" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mramor" title="Mramor – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Mramor" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marmor" title="Marmor – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Marmor" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marmor" title="Marmor – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Marmor" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de badge-Q17437798 badge-goodarticle mw-list-item" title="good article badge"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marmor" title="Marmor – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Marmor" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marmor" title="Marmor – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Marmor" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9C%CE%AC%CF%81%CE%BC%CE%B1%CF%81%CE%BF" title="Μάρμαρο – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Μάρμαρο" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-en mw-list-item"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marble" title="Marble – English" lang="en" hreflang="en" data-title="Marble" data-language-autonym="English" data-language-local-name="English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%A1rmol" title="Mármol – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Mármol" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marmoro" title="Marmoro – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Marmoro" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haitzurdin" title="Haitzurdin – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Haitzurdin" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%86%DA%AF_%D9%85%D8%B1%D9%85%D8%B1" title="سنگ مرمر – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="سنگ مرمر" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marbre" title="Marbre – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Marbre" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marmar" title="Marmar – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="Marmar" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%A1rmore" title="Mármore – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Mármore" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%8C%80%EB%A6%AC%EC%95%94" title="대리암 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="대리암" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%84%D5%A1%D6%80%D5%B4%D5%A1%D6%80" title="Մարմար – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Մարմար" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%B0" title="संगमर्मर – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="संगमर्मर" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mramor" title="Mramor – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Mramor" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-io mw-list-item"><a href="https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marmoro" title="Marmoro – Ido" lang="io" hreflang="io" data-title="Marmoro" data-language-autonym="Ido" data-language-local-name="Ido" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ido</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batu_pualam" title="Batu pualam – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Batu pualam" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ia mw-list-item"><a href="https://ia.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marmore" title="Marmore – Interlingua" lang="ia" hreflang="ia" data-title="Marmore" data-language-autonym="Interlingua" data-language-local-name="Interlingua" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Interlingua</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marmari" title="Marmari – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="Marmari" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Íslenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marmo" title="Marmo – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Marmo" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A9%D7%99%D7%A9" title="שיש – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="שיש" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kn mw-list-item"><a href="https://kn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B2%85%E0%B2%AE%E0%B3%83%E0%B2%A4%E0%B2%B6%E0%B2%BF%E0%B2%B2%E0%B3%86" title="ಅಮೃತಶಿಲೆ – Kannada" lang="kn" hreflang="kn" data-title="ಅಮೃತಶಿಲೆ" data-language-autonym="ಕನ್ನಡ" data-language-local-name="Kannada" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ಕನ್ನಡ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%9B%E1%83%90%E1%83%A0%E1%83%9B%E1%83%90%E1%83%A0%E1%83%98%E1%83%9A%E1%83%9D" title="მარმარილო – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="მარმარილო" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D3%99%D1%80%D0%BC%D3%99%D1%80" title="Мәрмәр – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="Мәрмәр" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Қазақша</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kw mw-list-item"><a href="https://kw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marbel" title="Marbel – Cornish" lang="kw" hreflang="kw" data-title="Marbel" data-language-autonym="Kernowek" data-language-local-name="Cornish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kernowek</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sw mw-list-item"><a href="https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marumaru" title="Marumaru – Swahili" lang="sw" hreflang="sw" data-title="Marumaru" data-language-autonym="Kiswahili" data-language-local-name="Swahili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kiswahili</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ky mw-list-item"><a href="https://ky.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%BE%D1%80" title="Мрамор – Kyrgyz" lang="ky" hreflang="ky" data-title="Мрамор" data-language-autonym="Кыргызча" data-language-local-name="Kyrgyz" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Кыргызча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marmor" title="Marmor – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Marmor" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marmors" title="Marmors – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Marmors" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lb mw-list-item"><a href="https://lb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marber" title="Marber – Luxembourgish" lang="lb" hreflang="lb" data-title="Marber" data-language-autonym="Lëtzebuergesch" data-language-local-name="Luxembourgish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lëtzebuergesch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marmuras" title="Marmuras – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Marmuras" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-li mw-list-item"><a href="https://li.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marmer" title="Marmer – Limburgish" lang="li" hreflang="li" data-title="Marmer" data-language-autonym="Limburgs" data-language-local-name="Limburgish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Limburgs</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-olo mw-list-item"><a href="https://olo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mruamoru" title="Mruamoru – Livvi-Karelian" lang="olo" hreflang="olo" data-title="Mruamoru" data-language-autonym="Livvinkarjala" data-language-local-name="Livvi-Karelian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Livvinkarjala</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lmo mw-list-item"><a href="https://lmo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marmor" title="Marmor – Lombard" lang="lmo" hreflang="lmo" data-title="Marmor" data-language-autonym="Lombard" data-language-local-name="Lombard" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lombard</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%A1rv%C3%A1ny" title="Márvány – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Márvány" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BC%D0%B5%D1%80" title="Мермер – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Мермер" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mg mw-list-item"><a href="https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vatovandana" title="Vatovandana – Malagasy" lang="mg" hreflang="mg" data-title="Vatovandana" data-language-autonym="Malagasy" data-language-local-name="Malagasy" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Malagasy</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%AE%E0%B4%BE%E0%B5%BC%E0%B4%AC%E0%B4%BF%E0%B5%BE" title="മാർബിൾ – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="മാർബിൾ" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%B0" title="संगमरवर – Marathi" lang="mr" hreflang="mr" data-title="संगमरवर" data-language-autonym="मराठी" data-language-local-name="Marathi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मराठी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D8%AE%D8%A7%D9%85" title="رخام – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="رخام" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marmar" title="Marmar – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Marmar" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-min mw-list-item"><a href="https://min.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marmer" title="Marmer – Minangkabau" lang="min" hreflang="min" data-title="Marmer" data-language-autonym="Minangkabau" data-language-local-name="Minangkabau" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Minangkabau</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%B3" title="Гантиг – Mongolian" lang="mn" hreflang="mn" data-title="Гантиг" data-language-autonym="Монгол" data-language-local-name="Mongolian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Монгол</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-my mw-list-item"><a href="https://my.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%80%85%E1%80%80%E1%80%BB%E1%80%84%E1%80%BA%E1%80%80%E1%80%BB%E1%80%B1%E1%80%AC%E1%80%80%E1%80%BA" title="စကျင်ကျောက် – Burmese" lang="my" hreflang="my" data-title="စကျင်ကျောက်" data-language-autonym="မြန်မာဘာသာ" data-language-local-name="Burmese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>မြန်မာဘာသာ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marmer" title="Marmer – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Marmer" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%A4%A7%E7%90%86%E7%9F%B3" title="大理石 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="大理石" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marmor" title="Marmor – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Marmor" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marmor" title="Marmor – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Marmor" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-oc mw-list-item"><a href="https://oc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marbre" title="Marbre – Occitan" lang="oc" hreflang="oc" data-title="Marbre" data-language-autonym="Occitan" data-language-local-name="Occitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Occitan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-om mw-list-item"><a href="https://om.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waashee" title="Waashee – Oromo" lang="om" hreflang="om" data-title="Waashee" data-language-autonym="Oromoo" data-language-local-name="Oromo" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oromoo</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marmar" title="Marmar – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Marmar" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pa mw-list-item"><a href="https://pa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A8%AE%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%B0%E0%A8%AC%E0%A8%B2" title="ਮਾਰਬਲ – Punjabi" lang="pa" hreflang="pa" data-title="ਮਾਰਬਲ" data-language-autonym="ਪੰਜਾਬੀ" data-language-local-name="Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ਪੰਜਾਬੀ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pnb mw-list-item"><a href="https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%86%DA%AF_%D9%85%D8%B1%D9%85%D8%B1" title="سنگ مرمر – Western Punjabi" lang="pnb" hreflang="pnb" data-title="سنگ مرمر" data-language-autonym="پنجابی" data-language-local-name="Western Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پنجابی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marmur" title="Marmur – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Marmur" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%A1rmore" title="Mármore – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Mármore" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ksh mw-list-item"><a href="https://ksh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marmor" title="Marmor – Colognian" lang="ksh" hreflang="ksh" data-title="Marmor" data-language-autonym="Ripoarisch" data-language-local-name="Colognian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ripoarisch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marmur%C4%83" title="Marmură – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Marmură" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-qu mw-list-item"><a href="https://qu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pachar" title="Pachar – Quechua" lang="qu" hreflang="qu" data-title="Pachar" data-language-autonym="Runa Simi" data-language-local-name="Quechua" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Runa Simi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%BE%D1%80" title="Мрамор – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Мрамор" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sco mw-list-item"><a href="https://sco.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marble" title="Marble – Scots" lang="sco" hreflang="sco" data-title="Marble" data-language-autonym="Scots" data-language-local-name="Scots" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Scots</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sq mw-list-item"><a href="https://sq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mermer" title="Mermer – Albanian" lang="sq" hreflang="sq" data-title="Mermer" data-language-autonym="Shqip" data-language-local-name="Albanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Shqip</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-scn mw-list-item"><a href="https://scn.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%A0rmuru" title="Màrmuru – Sicilian" lang="scn" hreflang="scn" data-title="Màrmuru" data-language-autonym="Sicilianu" data-language-local-name="Sicilian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sicilianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-si mw-list-item"><a href="https://si.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B6%9A%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BB%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%9C%E0%B6%BB%E0%B7%94%E0%B6%AC" title="කිරිගරුඬ – Sinhala" lang="si" hreflang="si" data-title="කිරිගරුඬ" data-language-autonym="සිංහල" data-language-local-name="Sinhala" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>සිංහල</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sd mw-list-item"><a href="https://sd.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D9%86%DA%AF_%D9%85%D8%B1%D9%85%D8%B1" title="سنگ مرمر – Sindhi" lang="sd" hreflang="sd" data-title="سنگ مرمر" data-language-autonym="سنڌي" data-language-local-name="Sindhi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>سنڌي</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sk mw-list-item"><a href="https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mramor" title="Mramor – Slovak" lang="sk" hreflang="sk" data-title="Mramor" data-language-autonym="Slovenčina" data-language-local-name="Slovak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenčina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sl mw-list-item"><a href="https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marmor" title="Marmor – Slovenian" lang="sl" hreflang="sl" data-title="Marmor" data-language-autonym="Slovenščina" data-language-local-name="Slovenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenščina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BC%D0%B5%D1%80" title="Мермер – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Мермер" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mramor" title="Mramor – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="Mramor" data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marmori" title="Marmori – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Marmori" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marmor" title="Marmor – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Marmor" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ta mw-list-item"><a href="https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%AA%E0%AE%B3%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%99%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%81" title="பளிங்கு – Tamil" lang="ta" hreflang="ta" data-title="பளிங்கு" data-language-autonym="தமிழ்" data-language-local-name="Tamil" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>தமிழ்</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-th mw-list-item"><a href="https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B8%AB%E0%B8%B4%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%AD%E0%B9%88%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%99" title="หินอ่อน – Thai" lang="th" hreflang="th" data-title="หินอ่อน" data-language-autonym="ไทย" data-language-local-name="Thai" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ไทย</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tg mw-list-item"><a href="https://tg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%80" title="Мармар – Tajik" lang="tg" hreflang="tg" data-title="Мармар" data-language-autonym="Тоҷикӣ" data-language-local-name="Tajik" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Тоҷикӣ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mermer" title="Mermer – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="Mermer" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" data-language-local-name="Turkish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Türkçe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uk mw-list-item"><a href="https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BC%D1%83%D1%80" title="Мармур – Ukrainian" lang="uk" hreflang="uk" data-title="Мармур" data-language-autonym="Українська" 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data-file-width="3840" data-file-height="2525" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Taj_Mahal" title="Taj Mahal">Taj Mahal</a>, made from marble</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:V%C3%A9nus_de_Milo_-_Mus%C3%A9e_du_Louvre_AGER_LL_299_;_N_527_;_Ma_399.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/V%C3%A9nus_de_Milo_-_Mus%C3%A9e_du_Louvre_AGER_LL_299_%3B_N_527_%3B_Ma_399.jpg/170px-V%C3%A9nus_de_Milo_-_Mus%C3%A9e_du_Louvre_AGER_LL_299_%3B_N_527_%3B_Ma_399.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="287" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/V%C3%A9nus_de_Milo_-_Mus%C3%A9e_du_Louvre_AGER_LL_299_%3B_N_527_%3B_Ma_399.jpg/255px-V%C3%A9nus_de_Milo_-_Mus%C3%A9e_du_Louvre_AGER_LL_299_%3B_N_527_%3B_Ma_399.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/V%C3%A9nus_de_Milo_-_Mus%C3%A9e_du_Louvre_AGER_LL_299_%3B_N_527_%3B_Ma_399.jpg/340px-V%C3%A9nus_de_Milo_-_Mus%C3%A9e_du_Louvre_AGER_LL_299_%3B_N_527_%3B_Ma_399.jpg 2x" data-file-width="6124" data-file-height="10349" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Venus_de_Milo" title="Venus de Milo">Venus de Milo</a>, made from marble</figcaption></figure> <dl><dd><i>For the toy, see <a href="/wiki/Marbles" class="mw-redirect" title="Marbles">marbles</a></i></dd></dl> <p><b>Marble</b> is a <a href="/wiki/Metamorphic_rock" title="Metamorphic rock">metamorphic rock</a> that developed from <a href="/wiki/Limestone" title="Limestone">limestone</a>. Most of the material is <a href="/wiki/Calcite" title="Calcite">calcite</a> (a crystalline form of <a href="/wiki/Calcium_carbonate" title="Calcium carbonate">calcium carbonate</a>, <a href="/wiki/Calcium" title="Calcium">Ca</a><a href="/wiki/Carbon" title="Carbon">C</a><a href="/wiki/Oxygen" title="Oxygen">O</a><sub>3</sub>) and <a href="/wiki/Dolomite" title="Dolomite">dolomite</a>. It is often used for <a href="/wiki/Sculpture" title="Sculpture">sculpture</a>, as a <a href="/wiki/Building_material" title="Building material">building material</a>, and for many other purposes. </p><p>The word 'marble' is also used for other stones that can be polished well and for ball shaped objects used for child games. </p><p>'Faux marble' is a wall painting technique that imitates the color patterns of real marble (not to be confused with <a href="/wiki/Paper_marbling" title="Paper marbling">paper marbling</a>). Marble dust can be combined with cement or synthetic resins to make <i>reconstituted</i> or <i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cultured_marble&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Cultured marble (not yet started)">cultured marble</a></i>. </p><p>Marble has been used in construction for thousands of years. It was widely used by <a href="/wiki/Ancient_Greece" title="Ancient Greece">Greek</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ancient_Rome" title="Ancient Rome">Roman</a> <a href="/wiki/Ancient_Greek_sculpture" title="Ancient Greek sculpture">sculptors</a> and architects. Places named after the stone include <a href="/wiki/Marble_Arch" title="Marble Arch">Marble Arch</a>, <a href="/wiki/London" title="London">London</a>; the <a href="/wiki/Sea_of_Marmara" title="Sea of Marmara">Sea of Marmara</a>; <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a>'s <a href="/w/index.php?title=Marble_Rocks&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Marble Rocks (not yet started)">Marble Rocks</a>; and the towns of Marble, <a href="/wiki/Minnesota" title="Minnesota">Minnesota</a>; Marble, <a href="/wiki/Colorado" title="Colorado">Colorado</a>; and Marble Hill, <a href="/wiki/Manhattan,_New_York" class="mw-redirect" title="Manhattan, New York">Manhattan, New York</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Elgin_Marbles" title="Elgin Marbles">Elgin Marbles</a> are marble sculptures from the <a href="/wiki/Parthenon" title="Parthenon">Parthenon</a> that are on display in the <a href="/wiki/British_Museum" title="British Museum">British Museum</a>. They were brought to <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">Britain</a> by the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Thomas_Bruce,_7th_Earl_of_Elgin&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Thomas Bruce, 7th Earl of Elgin (not yet started)">Earl of Elgin</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Construction_marble">Construction marble</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Marble&amp;veaction=edit&amp;section=1" title="Change section: Construction marble" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Marble&amp;action=edit&amp;section=1" title="Edit section&#039;s source code: Construction marble"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:PurbeckFormationPortland.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/PurbeckFormationPortland.jpg/220px-PurbeckFormationPortland.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/PurbeckFormationPortland.jpg/330px-PurbeckFormationPortland.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/PurbeckFormationPortland.jpg/440px-PurbeckFormationPortland.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2592" data-file-height="1944" /></a><figcaption>Purbeck "Marble"</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Tennessee-marble-block-tn1.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Tennessee-marble-block-tn1.jpg/220px-Tennessee-marble-block-tn1.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="132" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Tennessee-marble-block-tn1.jpg/330px-Tennessee-marble-block-tn1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Tennessee-marble-block-tn1.jpg/440px-Tennessee-marble-block-tn1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3324" data-file-height="1988" /></a><figcaption>Quarried block of "pink" Tennessee "marble"</figcaption></figure> <p>In the <a href="/wiki/Construction" title="Construction">construction</a> trade, the term "marble" is used for any massive, crystalline calcitic rock (and some non-calcitic rocks) useful as building stone. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Examples">Examples</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Marble&amp;veaction=edit&amp;section=2" title="Change section: Examples" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Marble&amp;action=edit&amp;section=2" title="Edit section&#039;s source code: Examples"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Purbeck_marble" title="Purbeck marble">Purbeck marble</a> is a <a href="/wiki/Fossil" title="Fossil">fossiliferous</a> <a href="/wiki/Limestone" title="Limestone">limestone</a> found in the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Isle_of_Purbeck&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Isle of Purbeck (not yet started)">Isle of Purbeck</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Peninsula" title="Peninsula">peninsula</a> in south-east <a href="/wiki/Dorset" title="Dorset">Dorset</a>, England. It has been <a href="/wiki/Quarry" title="Quarry">quarried</a> since at least <a href="/wiki/Roman_Britain" title="Roman Britain">Roman times</a> as a decorative building stone. The industry is no longer active. </p><p><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tennessee_marble&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Tennessee marble (not yet started)">Tennessee marble</a> is really a massive, highly fossiliferous gray to pink to maroon <a href="/wiki/Ordovician" title="Ordovician">Ordovician</a> <a href="/wiki/Dolostone" class="mw-redirect" title="Dolostone">dolostone</a>, known as the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Holston_Formation&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Holston Formation (not yet started)">Holston Formation</a> by <a href="/wiki/Geology" title="Geology">geologists</a>. "Tennessee marble" is not true marble. Its <a href="/wiki/Crystal" title="Crystal">crystalline</a> nature gives it a resemblance to marble, especially when polished. <sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Michelangelo%27s_Pieta_5450_cropncleaned.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/Michelangelo%27s_Pieta_5450_cropncleaned.jpg/200px-Michelangelo%27s_Pieta_5450_cropncleaned.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="210" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/Michelangelo%27s_Pieta_5450_cropncleaned.jpg/300px-Michelangelo%27s_Pieta_5450_cropncleaned.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/Michelangelo%27s_Pieta_5450_cropncleaned.jpg/400px-Michelangelo%27s_Pieta_5450_cropncleaned.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1584" data-file-height="1660" /></a><figcaption><i>The Pieta</i></figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/w/index.php?title=Carrara_marble&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Carrara marble (not yet started)">Carrara marble</a> is a genuine marble. It is white or blue-grey and of high quality, popular for use in <a href="/wiki/Sculpture" title="Sculpture">sculpture</a> and building decor. It is <a href="/wiki/Quarry" title="Quarry">quarried</a> at the city of <a href="/wiki/Carrara" title="Carrara">Carrara</a> in the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Lunigiana&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Lunigiana (not yet started)">Lunigiana</a>, the northernmost tip of modern-day <a href="/wiki/Tuscany" title="Tuscany">Tuscany</a>, <a href="/wiki/Italy" title="Italy">Italy</a>. <br />The illustration shows the <i><a href="/wiki/Piet%C3%A0_(Michelangelo)" title="Pietà (Michelangelo)">Pietà</a></i>, which is a <a href="/w/index.php?title=Masterpiece&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Masterpiece (not yet started)">masterpiece</a> of <a href="/wiki/Renaissance" title="Renaissance">Renaissance</a> sculpture by <a href="/wiki/Michelangelo" title="Michelangelo">Michelangelo</a>. It is in <a href="/wiki/St._Peter%27s_Basilica" title="St. Peter&#39;s Basilica">St. Peter's Basilica</a>, <a href="/wiki/Vatican_City" title="Vatican City">Vatican City</a>, and is the only piece Michelangelo ever signed. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Industrial_use_of_marble">Industrial use of marble</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Marble&amp;veaction=edit&amp;section=3" title="Change section: Industrial use of marble" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>change</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Marble&amp;action=edit&amp;section=3" title="Edit section&#039;s source code: Industrial use of marble"><span>change source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Colorless marbles are a very pure source of <a href="/wiki/Calcium_carbonate" title="Calcium carbonate">calcium carbonate</a>, which is used in a wide variety of industries. 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