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How is marble rock made?

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Marble rock is made when a sedimentary rock, which consists of limestone has undergone heat and pressure metamorphosis under temperatures in excess of 1800ºF.

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The protolith of marble was limestone or dolomite.

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I know it is formed when a magma intrudes a carbonate rock resulting in a skarn deposit.

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Marble was formed under the outerlayer of the earth's crust

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