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Verd antique
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Verd antique, also called verde antique, marmor thessalicum, or Ophite, is a serpentinite breccia popular since ancient times as a decorative facing stone. It is a dark, dull green, white-mottled serp
Verd antique column in the Church of Saints Sergius and Bacchus (now the Küçuk Ayasofya Camii) in Istanbul, Turkey (527-536 CE).
Verd antique column in the Church of Saints Sergius and Bacchus (now the Küçuk Ayasofya Camii) in Istanbul, Turkey (527-536 CE).
Eighteenth century verde antico bust, with an ancient Parian marble head of Agrippina minor, Rhode Island School of Design Museum.
Eighteenth century verde antico bust, with an ancient Parian marble head of Agrippina minor, Rhode Island School of Design Museum.
Sixth century verde antico Roman columns in Byzantium's Hagia Sophia
Sixth century verde antico Roman columns in Byzantium's Hagia Sophia
Marble
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Marble is a metamorphic rock consisting of carbonate minerals
Verd antique
…takes a high polish. The term verd antique has been documented in English texts as early as 1745. It is sometimes classed, erroneously, as a variety of marble ("Thessalian marble", "serpentine marble", "Moriah stone", etc.). It has also been called and marketed as "ophicalcite" or "ophite". Non-brecciated…
Marble
Marble
The Marble Boat, a lakeside pavilion in the Summer Palace in Beijing, China
The Marble Boat, a lakeside pavilion in the Summer Palace in Beijing, China
The Taj Mahal is clad entirely in marble
The Taj Mahal is clad entirely in marble
Folded and weathered marble at General Carrera Lake, Chile
Folded and weathered marble at General Carrera Lake, Chile