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Fauske Marble
Marble · Norway
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GEOLOGICAL REFERENCE REGIONNorway
Nordland · Fauske / Sulitjelma
67.26°, 15.39° · View on globe ↗What makes it distinct
More than 150 years of quarrying north of the Arctic Circle makes Fauske a true extreme-climate stone district.
Selection & use
Compare background, veining, repairs and sequence under the final lighting before fabrication.
Baths, walls, furniture, fireplaces and kitchens where carbonate patina is accepted.
Calcitic and dolomitic stones can etch; sealing does not prevent acid reaction.
Geology & trade names
Norwegian calcitic to dolomitic marble family
Fauske Marble