Mondragone marble

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Scope note
Mondragone marble is a slightly metamorphosed yellow or gray carbonate rock, which was widely employed as monumental stone in the 18th-century royal palaces of Naples and Caserta. Named for Mondragone, Campania where the marble is quarried.
Mondragone marble
Accepted term: 18-Nov-2024