Hi! Im May Marble! I must be your favorite metamorphic rock! And Ill be taking you on a tour of a lifetime!

Well, more or less Im taking you on a tour of a marbles life.

Hi there! Im Mitt Marble! Im Mays brother! And Ill be showing you some sneak peaks later!

How my friends were mined away!

First of all, being a piece of marble is very difficult. Mitt and I live in the Andes Mountains, at the very bottom by a waterfall. All of our relatives live in either the United States, Australia, or Ireland. But recently, some strange men in yellow hard hats have been invading our home. Some of our friends have disappeared and we dont know why. One day though, one of the strange men was explaining to someone saying that some of the marble had been quarried and would be used for pillars. I thought, oh no! This was terrible! Some of my friends were being made into pillars?!

What some of my friends were made into!

Here is your first sneak peek, or inside look at where May and I live. As you can see, its at the valley between 3 mountains and there is a waterfall. Behind the waterfall is a cave, and that cave is where all the Marbles take cover when storms or strange unwanted people come up. Unfortunately some of our friends didnt make it to safety in time.

A few weeks later, Mitt and I had some new friends. Thats because Limestone, Calcite, and Dolomite are the council and they decided to create brand new Marbles. This happens every day, so Mitt and I eventually forget the lost ones. But a month later, more of the strange men took all of our friends this time. And I overheard this time that they had changed all the marble into statues, counters, floors, clocks, and pens!!! I was horrified!!!!!!

My friends!!!!!!!!!

Our council!!! Mr. Limestone, Mr. Calcite, and Mr. Dolomite!!!

Well, thanks for stopping by to learn about a Marbles life! It might be a said day in Marble world, especially because Mitt and I are the only ones left. But well pull through because the council decided to make more marble friends. Theres not much more to say than have a good night! Next youll get to meet Cassidy Conglomerate.

Bye everyone!

All of the Marble sources!!!

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One of the mines where Marble is mined is called, Georgia Marble Company (a subsidiary of Polycor Inc.)

Hey, its me May Marble again!!! Sorry Cassidy Conglomerate couldnt show up today! She caught the flu and couldnt make it to the live broadcast! So, Ill just fill you in on all of the information you need to know. She wanted you to see a picture of what Conglomerate looks like. She didnt have time to send in a picture of her though. Well, lets begin!

First of all, Cassidy and her friends live by Key West, a beautiful beach in Florida. She lives among the rocks and everyday the tide washes up and she gets the feel of a cool wave.

But one day, strange men showed up at her place with giant contraptions with razor sharp claws and began to dig. When the next wave rolled onto shore, thankfully Cassidy and her friends were pushed underground. She and her family and friends worked their way farther down underground, hearing the last painful cries of some of her friends that were being taken away by surface mining. But no later than 2 minutes had the claws reached her and the rest of her friends. Sharp cries and screams filled the air, for the men had no other choice but to underground mine the conglomerates out.

Mr. Clay

The Conglomerate Council that made all of the Conglomerates found that they could do nothing to help except start a new community. And after much deliberation they decided to go their own ways and break the Council apart.

Mr. Calcite

After much mining and screams and cries, a month later Cassidy Conglomerate found herself at the very tippy top of a strange church. She looked all around and realized that this was a far away place. And that she was gone from her home. Forever. Mr. Quartz Mr. Feldspar

Mr. Mica

But soon she heard someone say, Welcome to Akron, Ohio! Then she realized that she would never see her home again.

Counting the Conglomerate Sources!

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A Conglomerate mine is the Delaware Conglomerate Mine which is founded by Delaware Keweenaw Company, and is in Michigan, USA.

Its May Marble! So sorry to bother you again, but it also appears that Gabby Granite (your favorite igneous rock) caught the flu as well. So I guess that Ill have to give you the tour. So lets begin, again.

To begin, Gabby and her community live in Hawaii except that they dont really know that because they live deep within the ground. She never sees the light. All of her relatives are scattered around the world. You can travel anywhere and you will find one of her relatives. They live in Colorado, Russia, China, Australia, anywhere!!! Gabbys Councils members names are, Mr. Plagioclase, Mr. Alkali, Mr. Pyroxene, Mr. Amphibole, Mr. Sphene, and Mr. Beryl. There are many more council members, but these are the head ones. Mr. Beryl

Mr. Pyroxene

Mr. Alkali

Mr. Amphibole Mr. Sphene

Where Gabby lives!

Mr. Plagioclase

So one day, when Gabby was finishing a delicious lunch of a melted magma sandwich and crunchy magma chips, she heard a rattling sound. Then the table started to shake, and her chips scattered everywhere. Her mother was just taking a magma pie out of the oven when she started to shake as well and dropped the pie. Gabby Granite held on for dear life, because it appeared that there was an earthquake somewhere that had reached her home. The magma TV hadnt forecasted an earthquake, but maybe it had been wrong. Another 5 minutes later Gabby was still hanging on. This time some strange tornado wind had started blowing and she was holding onto the table with only one hand. Suddenly she was blown up into the air along with her family. She saw the light for the first time, and it was so bright that it almost blinded her. When she saw what the outer world looked like, she was astonished. But as soon as those amazing sites started to become vague, she remembered she was up in the air. It was like flying! Except it was a lot scarier!!!! Soon she found herself up in some strange contraption that took her far away.

Evil contraption!!!!!

Granite is mined by quarrying. Kind-of like my friends were!

About 2 weeks later, Gabby had just woken up from a long, long nap when she got startled. A strange workman in some kind of yellow hat looking thing had a giant pounding thing that the man called a hammer. Then he took this paste stuff he called shining gel. He rubbed it over her a couple of times with a rag. She thought it tasted like some kind of mint, but then he took the hammer and banged on her so that the gel would stay on. It was very painful, and after a while the pain settled and she calmed down. The next day, the man came back, this time with something that looked like a grinder. But nope, all it did was shine her even more until she sparkled like crazy. When she was able to see, she was at someones home. Except that there was stuff on top of her. Like bowls of fruit and trays of cookies. In the morning, she heard someone say, Come sit down at the counter for breakfast kids! And then she knew that home was gone.

North Carolina Granite Corp. is the largest granite quarrying pit in the world.

Gathering the Granite Sources!

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