. History and uses of limestones and marbles;. vaunt led Cicero to reply that they would have beenequally valuable had they been made of travertine, since inhis day it was customary to paint common stones for walls ofbuildings. If the blocks of Chium marble used in their walls were pol-ished the inhabitants could make good their pretensions, asthe Africano is one of the most showy of the antique marbles,and whether the walls around the city or the walls of thebuildings were intended the effect must have been Italian name Africano is misleading; Africa not beingthe place from which
. History and uses of limestones and marbles;. vaunt led Cicero to reply that they would have beenequally valuable had they been made of travertine, since inhis day it was customary to paint common stones for walls ofbuildings. If the blocks of Chium marble used in their walls were pol-ished the inhabitants could make good their pretensions, asthe Africano is one of the most showy of the antique marbles,and whether the walls around the city or the walls of thebuildings were intended the effect must have been Italian name Africano is misleading; Africa not beingthe place from which it was obtained. The colors, though very positive, are greatly white is clear and the black very deep; the differentshades of greens are lively, while the reds vary from a delicaterose to a vivid purple, often assuming the tints of the coraland sometimes the brightness of flowers; the varieties con-taining green, crimson, and yellow are rare. It is a shellmarble, though the fossils are not always recognized, and is Plate Africano.
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