<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><mads xmlns="http://www.loc.gov/mads/" xmlns:mods="http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.loc.gov/mads/
mads.xsd"><authority><topic authority="http://AATesaurus.cultura.gencat.cat/aat/getty_en">Purbeck marble</topic></authority><related type="broader"><topic>marble by composition or origin</topic></related><related type="broader"><topic>shelly limestone</topic></related><variant type="other"><topic>Purbeck stone</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>marble, Purbeck</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>stone, Purbeck</topic></variant> <note xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[ Stone quarried in the vicinity of the Isle of Purbeck peninsula, Dorset, England; used primarily as a building stone. It is actually a hard semi-metamorphosed limestone formed from the shells of snails. Given that the stone is hard enough to take a fine polish it is called "Purbeck marble," even though it is not fully metamophosed marble. ]]></note></mads>