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HALL 67, 
MARBLES— DECORATIVE STONES. 
This hall contains a collection of the best known foreign and 
domestic marbles and other decorative stones in the form of 
polished slabs. The names given on the labels are those by 
which the stones are commonly known, and in general refer to the 
color and markings of the stone rather than to the composition or 
the locality where it is quarried. 
Case 1, South. — Winooski Marbles,” mottled red dol- 
omite quarried in the vicinity of Swanton, Vt. 
Other Vermont marbles. 
Case 1, North. — Marbles from Norway and Greece. 
Case 2. — Marbles, France. 
France is noted for the beauty and variety of its marbles. 
Examples of many of the marbles used in the ornamentation of 
our houses and public buildings may be recognized in this case. 
The names upon the specimen labels are in large part descrip- 
tive— that is, made up of terms, each applicable to a class of 
marbles. Thus Rouge Antique is a red marble of the shade found 
in the Roman ruins. 
Griotte, the name of a variety of cherry, is applied to marbles 
having marking suggesting a mass of ripe red cherries. 
Jaspe refers to specimens of the color of Jasper. 
Breche^ or breccia, is applied to those marbles which appear 
to be composed of angular fragments cemented together. 
Brocatelle is said to refer to a kind of cloth. Marbles having 
the appearance of any of the brocatelles shown here may with 
propriety be called brocatelle. 
Campan marbles are those showing a peculiar green net- 
work of veins. 
A Coquille marble is merely a shell marble. 
Other names are either simply descriptive, refer to localities 
or have no especial significance. 
