marble | ELGi https://blog.elgi.com A digital destination to share knowledge and industry insights on compressed air Thu, 10 Sep 2020 05:57:29 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://blog.elgi.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/ELGi-favicon.jpg marble | ELGi https://blog.elgi.com 32 32 A Stone Like No Other https://blog.elgi.com/innovation/stone-like-no/ Tue, 06 Feb 2018 05:26:51 +0000 http://blog.elgi.com/?p=1028 Michelangelo created astounding masterpieces with this stone. His 17-feet-tall Renaissance sculpture of the biblical hero David, created between 1501 and 1504 in Florence, Italy, inspires awe even today. Emperor Shah Jahan built an edifice with the same material in Agra to commemorate the passing of his wife Mumtaz Mahal that the world today knows as … Continue reading A Stone Like No Other

The post A Stone Like No Other first appeared on ELGi.]]> Michelangelo created astounding masterpieces with this stone. His 17-feet-tall Renaissance sculpture of the biblical hero David, created between 1501 and 1504 in Florence, Italy, inspires awe even today. Emperor Shah Jahan built an edifice with the same material in Agra to commemorate the passing of his wife Mumtaz Mahal that the world today knows as the Taj Mahal. This glossy, durable stone has been used as a building material since the time of ancient Greece and Egypt. Today, there are countless pieces of art, sculptures and buildings in marble from ancient Europe, Africa and Asia, to modern-day dwellings around the world.

Surprisingly, this material is also used as a calcium additive in animal feed to increase egg production in chickens and milk in cows. Its salt is used as an antacid to treat indigestion, as calcium supplement to strengthen bones and to treat patients with kidney diseases. In a powdered form, it is used in glues, plastics and toothpastes. Remarkably, this versatile material has also been found to be grounding and helps those who have trouble finding clarity and focus.

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