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Having verified the etymology with the OED, I removed these comments from the article:

If this can be verified, it should stay.
Partridge has "marmaros," large stone or boulder, influenced by "marmarein," to glimmer or shine. Does etymology belong here at all?

-- Heron

Catherine moved this unsigned comment to talk page:

This can and should stay provided more details are provided. For example, the folklore of which folk, exactly? Rocks and minerals aren't really all that intrinsically interesting to most people (I *am* a geologist), folklore, history and cultural traditions are important.

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[edit] Other senses

[edit] Picture

How about a picture of the Venus de Milo? 128.6.176.51 21:22, 8 March 2006 (UTC) ian is cool

[edit] Copyedit

After the recent changes, this article is in very desperate need of a copyedit. I don't know enough about marble to do one, though. Anyone game? 71.141.248.13 05:20, 19 September 2006 (UTC)

Moved the section to Stones of India and fixed a bit. Vsmith 11:01, 19 September 2006 (UTC)

Should there not be mention of the term "marble" for cheeses and cakes for instance? The disambiguation page makes no reference to these usages of the term either. 74.101.199.53 04:59, 1 June 2007 (UTC)

Demand is a US Dept of Interior (Bureau of Mines) term for an apparent consumption in tons that excludes processing losses and sometimes includes changes in stocks.Bmhtayl 20:37, 13 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] use in mosaics

what about its use in mosaics?

[edit] Origin

Doesn't marble come from limestone, dolostone and older marble? Eh, but what does the unregistered user know? -unrgsrd

Thank you kind editors, I have tried to fix up this article and add my point to it, and did a very crude job. Much better