Marble

Marble including in the group of the industrial mineral. Marble was the rock that came from the limestone or dolomite that experienced the process of the pressure, the temperature and for a long time. This rock had the unified characteristics, solid, without layered and showed the existence of the process of the re-crystallisation.
Whereas the additional mineral was quartz, talc, klorit, amphibol, pirit, piroksen, hematite, graphite. These minerals will give the pattern of the frightening colour of being varied, for example marble kalsit pure was white, the existence of the graphite mineral gave the pink colour
Based on the main mineral component and genetic of marble was divided into two kinds that is :
- Marble onyx that is kalsit kristalian that was formed from the solution to cold water and generally was encountered in limestone caves
- Marble verde-antique that is serpentin masif that was cut by veins of quartz
The use of marble for the need of the exterior more was liked that had patterns of the soft or coloured obviously. Marble in the wild had several colour sorts there is one that is white, grey, black, red, crem.
Later marble was utilised not only in the form of the plaque that was rubbed/polish to shone but was formed in such a way to a handicraft, for example to become the table, foot the table, the place of cigarettes, the place washed the hands, etc.. The handicraft industry was often encountered in the Besole Tulungagung area.
The marble market tended more was affected by planning appetite of the building (the architect) and the individual, moreover was determined by comparation his colour.
Indonesia had the quite big but new marble reserve a small part that were made an effort to get, and in the area of Trenggalek East Java often was encountered marble with various colour features