Marble

(1) Crystalline granular limestone that will take a high polish; (2) other ornamental stones capable of receiving a polish, as serpentine marble. In commerce marbles are often named from some peculiarity of color or marking, from the uses to which they are to be put, or from the localities where they are quarried. The annual marble product of the U. S. is ab. 3,500,000 cubic feet, valued at $3,800,000. See CALCIUM CARBONATE.