It was used in construction of temples tombs and palaces.
Marble reserves by country.
It is available in different colours and textures.
Now it is also used for flooring in homes and offices.
It has been used in india for a long time.
The death toll rose to 26 in the marble mine collapse in pakistan s ziarat ghar mountain even as the search for seven missing people continued on thursday according to media reports.
This is a list of countries by mined copper production.
Turkey is known for its white proconnesian marble from marmara island.
Marble is a metamorphosed limestone formed by re crystallization.
Pakistan has an estimated 297 billion tons of marble and granite reserves in all the four provinces fata and gilgit baltistan which could help the country s economy in many ways if.
The library at ephesus one of the best preserved historical cities in the world is constructed of turkish marble and turkey is home to some of the world s most treasured natural stone monuments.
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Turkey has overtaken italy as the top exporter of marble ecaussine and travertine exporting about 8 72 million or 38 of the global exports.
Copper concentrates are commonly exported to other countries to be smelted.
Marble deposits are available in many states of india.
A nation s smelter production of copper can differ greatly from its mined production.
Major marble exporting countries argentina australia austria brazil bulgaria china croatia cuba belgium cyprus egypt ethiopia france fyrom germany greece guatemala india iran ireland italy morocco.
Other topmost producers and exporters of these rocks include spain 2 05 million egypt 1 42 million and greece 1 31 million.
Latin america excluding mexico and the caribbean exported 7 6 million worth of marble led by the following countries.