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You are actually asking about 3 different types of flooring, there is Marble, which is a natural stone product (ie: they dig it out of the ground cut it and polish it) ceramic and porcelain can be roughly clumped together, because they are both manufactured products. ceramic and porcelain differ primarily in the color of the substrate that holds the color of the glaze. ceramic is red, porcelain tends to be grey, unless it is "color body porcelain" in which the color of the surface of the tile is the color of the depth of the tile (ie: if you could polish the edge you could cut the tile and produce your own custom bullnose)
While it is difficult to determine the difference of particular tiles after they are already installed, there are only so many types of marble floors (there are only so many places that pretty stone naturally occur and therefore only so many colors available) an easy way to tell is to research what colors are available in a natural stone and if you can readily identify the color that adorns your floor, chances are it is a natural stone floor. If it is not easily readily identifiable, there is a chance that it is an engineered product.
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porcelain
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