- Sussex marble
- Petworth marble Pet"worth mar"ble A kind of shell marble occurring in the Wealden clay at Petworth, in Sussex, England; -- called also {Sussex marble}. [1913 Webster]
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Sussex marble
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Sussex Marble — Kapelle von Edward dem Bekenner aus Sussex Marmor in Westminster Abbey Sussex Marble (deutsch: Sussex Marmor), auch Petworth Marble oder Winklestone genannt, ist ein Kalkstein, der als Marmor bezeichnet wird, da er polierfähig ist und historisch… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Sussex Marble — West Sussex has a good concentration of relatively thin layers of Sussex Marble (also called Petworth Marble or Winklestone) within the Weald Clay, a freshwater limestone referred to as marble as it takes a polish. It is not a geologically… … Wikipedia
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