Georgia marble

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Georgia marble is a high-quality, durable white and gray marble quarried in the state of Georgia, widely used in prominent American monuments and buildings.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf building material
marble
category American building stone
Natural stone of Georgia
color gray
white
composedPrimarilyOf calcite
country United States of America
surface form: United States
exportedTo various U.S. states
geologicalAge Paleozoic
industryAssociatedWith Georgia marble industry
knownFor durability
high quality
locatedIn Georgia
material metamorphic rock
minedBy Georgia marble self-linksurface differs
surface form: Georgia Marble Company
notableUseIn Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland
Lincoln Memorial
New York Stock Exchange Building
Piedmont region buildings
United States Capitol
property takes high polish
weather-resistant
quarriedIn Gilmer County, Georgia
Pickens County, Georgia
texture fine-grained
usedFor exterior cladding
interior decoration
monuments
public buildings
usedSince 19th century

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Pickens County, Georgia hasLandmark Georgia marble
this entity surface form: Georgia Marble Company quarries
Pickens County, Georgia knownFor Georgia marble
Georgia State Capitol materialUsed Georgia marble
Jefferson Memorial materialUsed Georgia marble
Supreme Court Building materialUsed Georgia marble
Georgia marble minedBy Georgia marble self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Georgia Marble Company