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The Marble Quarries of Carrara
In recent years the quarries of Carrara have had an annual aggregate output of about 200,000 tons. They supply the bulk of the marble used in Italy and Europe to-day for sculpture and other ...
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Inside Italy's Carrara marble mountains worth $1 billion
Marble has been carved here since the Ancient Roman times, and because of its millennial history, the Carrara quarries have produced more marble than any other place on Earth. The market as a ...
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Incredible images tell the tale of the world’s most prized marble
The stone extracted from outside the nearby city of Carrara, including from the white marble quarry in the image below, is widely regarded as the purest and most valuable in the world. Before ...
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Inside Italy's $1 billion marble mountains that produce more tons than anywhere else on Earth
Marble has been carved here since the Ancient Roman times, and because of its millennial history, the Carrara quarries have produced more marble than any other place on Earth. The market as a ...