Investigation of the Effects of Marble Material Properties on the Surface Quality

Table 3

Mineralogical and petrographical characterizations of the marble samples.

Sample Name	Petrographic description	Thin section
Adara	Yellowish gray-colored, massive, and fine-grained “micritic limestone.” The main component is micritic carbonate minerals; however, large carbonate crystals (calcite) are also present. In some sections, calcite minerals are observed to be dense and in contact with each other. Binding between minerals is not observed. Numerous thin veins intersecting each other give a segmented appearance to the marble and can be observed in macroscopic scale. Veins are filled with carbonate crystals (calcite)
Emperador	Pale yellowish brown, massive, and fine-grained “calcitic dolomite.” It consists of crystalline carbonate minerals (dolomite and a small amount of calcite). Marble gains rotational movement because of its position between nonparallel strike-slip faults. It shows a tectonite structure with both small and large particles, and these particles are bound to each other with calcite cement. Heterogeneously distributed, irregular, carbonate-filled veined structure is observed throughout the grains
Crema nera	A very pale orange-colored, massive, and fine-crystallized “micritic limestone.” It consists of micritic carbonate minerals. Slightly larger grains of carbonate (calcite) were observed to be bound by the cryptocrystalline mud binding
Sand wave	Yellowish gray, massive, and fine-grained “biomicritic limestone.” The main component is micritic carbonate minerals. The interiors of these small grains are filled with micritic carbonate minerals. Also, fine-grained carbonate oolite and fossil shells were observed in some places. There is ferrous water in its structural stilolit gaps, and this hematite-stained water causes redness in these parts