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What Are Buildings Made Of?

   Question #1

ANSWER: Marble

Nope.

Marble is a stone which occurs in deposits all over the world - but not on the banks of the Mississippi in St. Louis. It comes in many varieties and colors, but almost all have one thing in common: different-colored veins or streaks which run through the stone.

a detail of gray and brown veined marble

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