Rock group | Metamorphic |
Metamorphism type | Regional |
Metamorphic rock class | Carbonate |
Protolith | Limestone |
Common minerals | Calcite Dolomite Micas |
Marble in Hand Sample
Plain white marble
Finer-grained white marble
Pink marble
Castner marble from the Franklin Mountains in southwest Texas
Castner marble featuring garnet porphyroblasts
A stromatolite preserved in Castner marble
Marble in Thin Section
Marble in plane polars
Marble in crossed polars
Marble breccia in plane polars
Marble breccia in crossed polars
Serpentine marble in plane polars
Serpentine marble in crossed polars