<?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">Carrara marble</topic></authority><related type="broader"><topic>white marble</topic></related><variant type="other"><topic>Luna marble</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>marble, Carrara</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>marble, Luna</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>marmor Lunense</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>marmor Luniense</topic></variant> <note xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[ Refers to a type of marble quarried in the area around Carrara, in Tuscany, Italy. It is characterized by a fine, compact grain and varies in color from pure white to creamy white, sometimes with a bluish tinge; it is a saccharoidal rock that can appear translucent in the finer grades. It has been a favorite stone of sculptors from antiquity to the present, including Michelangelo Buonarotti. Luna marble was the name used in ancient Rome. ]]></note></mads>