Question

Match these stones with the descriptions below: slate, marble, granite, travertine, and limestone

a. Once a limestone, this stone achieved metamorphosis from intense pressures and high temperatures within the earth.

b. A variety of limestone formed in pools by the precipitation of hot mineral-rich spring water. The characteristic holes were created when carbon dioxide bubbles were trapped as the stone was being formed.

c. A fine-grained, metamorphic stone derived from sedimentary rock shale.

d. A sedimentary stone, formed from prehistoric skeletons and shells.

e. An igneous rock, once molten, which formed as it cooled deep within the earth.

f. Commercially, any stone capable of taking a polish (with the exception of granite).

Answer

a. Marble
b. Travertine
c. Slate
d. Limestone
e. Granite
f. Marble