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Iona marble (green marble, <marble by color or pattern>, ... Materials (hierarchy name)) |
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Note: A predominantly pale green marble with white markings that is quarried on the island of Iona. A metamorphosed dolomitic limestone, it is considered to be one of two true marbles native to the British Isles, the other being Connemara marble.
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| Iona marble (preferred,C,U,English-P,D,U,N)
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| marble, Iona (C,U,English,UF,U,N)
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| Iona-marmer (C,U,Dutch-P,D,U,U)
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| mármol Iona (C,U,Spanish-P,D,U,U)
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Facet/Hierarchy Code: M.MT |
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........ materials (substances) (G) |
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................ inorganic material (G) |
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.................... rock (inorganic material) (G) |
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........................ metamorphic rock (G) |
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............................ marble (rock) (G) |
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.................................... green marble (G) |
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........................................ Iona marble (G) |
Additional Notes: |
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| Dutch ..... Een grotendeels lichtgroen marmer met witte markeringen dat wordt gewonnen op het eiland Iona. De metamorfe dolomitische kalksteen wordt beschouwd als een van de twee zuivere marmersoorten van de Britse eilanden. De andere is Connemara-marmer. |
| Spanish ..... Mármol predominantemente verde pálido con marcas blancas extraído de canteras en la isla de Iona. Caliza dolomítica metamórfica, es considerado uno de los dos verdaderos mármoles nativos de las Islas Británicas, siendo el otro el mármol Connemara.
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