A rich yellow marble found among ruins in Italy, and employed as a decoration; identified by some with the marmor Numidicum of the ancients. Also…
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| 释义 | society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > stone or rock > [noun] > marble > others (6) giallo antico1741 A rich yellow marble found among ruins in Italy, and employed as a decoration; identified by some with the marmor Numidicum of the ancients. Also… Siena marble1774 a reddish mottled stone obtained from the neighbourhood of Siena. sneg-stone1815 (See quot. 1815.) Mona marble1816 A serpentine limestone from the metamorphic beds of Anglesey. Sussex marble1850 a marble occurring in thin beds in the Wealden clay of Sussex and Kent, formerly much used for pillars in churches. Tennessee marble1875 a kind of marble found in Tennessee and frequently used in building and sculpture. |
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