Texas marble

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Scope note
A coarse-textured white marble that is nearly pure calcium carbonate; it was used to build the first 152 feet of the Washington Monument in Washington, DC. It is quarried in Texas, Maryland, not in the state of Texas.
Texas marble
Accepted term: 06-May-2024