Marble Marble Marble is a metamorphic rock composed of recrystallized carbonate minerals, most commonly calcite or dolomite. Marble is typically not foliated, although there are exceptions. In geology, the term "marble" refers to metamorphosed limestone, but its use in stonemasonry more broadly encompasses unmetamorphosed limestone. Marble is commonly used for sculpture and as a building material. The word "marble" derives from the Ancient Greek (), from (), "crystalline rock, shining stone", perhaps from the verb (), "to flash, sparkle, gleam"; R. S. P. Beekes has suggested that a "Pre-Greek origin is probable." This stem is also the ancestor of the English
Fencepost limestone the park that this museum shares with the Rush County Historical Museum (occupying the relocated Timken train station), the Nekoma Bank Museum, and the Kansas Barbed Wire Museum. The Post Rock Museum contains a recreated stone post quarry, assorted quarrying tools used in the area, and a fossil collection. Vonada Farms and Stone Company is located north of Sylvan Grove, Kansas. Tours can be arranged, see the Kansas Sampler Foundation pages. Bluestem Quarry and Stoneworks operates near Lucas, Kansas. Other communities with abundant Fencepost limestone architecture: Fencepost limestone/Dakota sandstone boundary communities: Fencepost limestone Fencepost limestone, Post Rock limestone, or Stone