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White marble as a material has been known since ancient times. Several thousand years ago, people already knew about the wonderful properties and qualities of marble.

White marble has always been particularly popular - it was used for the construction of houses of high-ranking persons, temples, palaces.

Since then, white marble products have been considered elements of luxury, wealth and good taste.

The Pharos Lighthouse, the Ara Pacis-the Roman Altar of Peace, erected under Hierator Agusta in the 1st century BC- are all ancient architectural monuments made of white marble. The temple complex of the goddess Athena, created in the 5th century BC. Ancient columns made of white marble from Mount Pendeli have carried the majestic image of ancient Greek architecture through the millennia.

The Indian Taj Mahal, Milan's Duomo of pinkish marble, The Baha'i Lotus Temple, the three-arched Andrian Gate in Antalya, built in honor of the Roman emperor, the pink and white Lakshmi Narayan Temple in NewDelhi, The Marble Palace in St. Petersburg, built by Italian and Russian architects for the Russian Emperor Alexander III , is just a small list of great architectural monuments created from white marble over many centuries in different parts of the world.

Since ancient times, white marble has been attributed to medicinal properties: many famous doctors, such as Paracelsus, Avicenna, Hippocrates, added powdered white marble to various medicinal potions.

In the modern world, people use not only marble slabs as a building material, but also set up the production of marble rubble, marble chips and ground marble (microcalcite).

Marble crushedstone, for example, is used for filling industrial intrinsically safe floors, and marble chips - for exterior work and as a filler for building materials. Microcalcite is one of the most popular raw materials - it is used in various industries.

In Russia, the deposits of white marble are mainly concentrated in the Urals, and there are also in Karelia and near Lake Baikal.

Makarovsky quarry-a famous marble quarry witha whitemarble, located near the city of Verkhny Ufaley, Chelyabinsk region.

If you want to get acquainted with the productsMakarovsky marble quarry - call the sales department: 8 800 200 07 33 (toll-free in Russia) or +7 (351) 214-00-75 or fill out the application form on our website, and our manager will contact you.