Carrara marble

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Carrara marble is a type of white or blue-grey marble popular for use in sculpture and building decor. It has been quarried since Roman times in the mountains of Carrara, a city in the province of Massa and Carrara in the north of Tuscany, Italy. More marble has been extracted from the over 650 quarry sites near Carrara than from any other place. The pure white statuario grade, now exhausted, was used for monumental sculpture, as "it has a high tensile strength, can take a high gloss polish and holds very fine detail".

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