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Carrara marble

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Carrara marble [kə′rä·rə ′mär·bəl]
(petrology)
All marble quarried near Carrara, Italy, having a prevailing white to bluish color, or white with blue veins.


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Carved in fine Carrara marble, probably by Greek craftsmen, are reliefs of Augustus, his family and aristocratic friends, all wearing his newly prescribed ceremonial togas and going in procession towards the altar's opening ceremony.
Bathrooms will feature Carrara marble tub decks around oversized "Zen" soaking tubs and sleek modern fixtures.
WHEN NOGUCHI represented the United States at the 1986 Venice Biennale, two years before his death, the centerpiece of his exhibition was a large, abstract, Carrara marble sculpture that functioned as a playground slide.
 
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