Marble

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

Marble, plane polars

Marble, crossed polars

Marble breccia, plane polars

Marble breccia, crossed polars

Serpentine marble, plane polars

Serpentine marble, crossed polars

Pink marble, plane polars
Pink marble, plane polars

Pink marble, crossed polars
Pink marble, crossed polars