PULVERIZED MARBLE 101

Marble forms in large deposits that can be hundreds of feet thick and geographically extensive. This allows it to be economically mined on a large scale, with some quarries producing millions of tons of marble per year. Most marble is then made into either dimension stone, or crushed stone. Fine-grained marble and dolomitic marble can be crushed and used for a variety of projects, construction, or landscaping.

Some marble is pulverized enough that it can be crushed, processed to remove impurities, and used as whiting, fillers, extenders, and even in cosmetics and dietary supplements for humans and animals.

Pulverized marble is simply marble reduced to fine particles through the process of grinding, crushing, or pounding. Other names for pulverized marble is powdered marble dust, crushed marble, or even liquid marble.

One form of liquid marble, called “Marmo Fluido” is a new man-made engineered stone. It is produced on a low-tech level by mixing pulverized stone with natural resin from trees. When cooled, Marmo Fluido is hard as stone, and has approximately the same specific gravity since it is made up of 80% stone-metal.

Marble is pulverized by intense grinding. There are two grinding methods: wet and dry. They differentiate by determining what type of marble installation you are looking for. For powdered or pulverized marble, the dry method is the way to go, as it creates excessive amounts of stone dust. Dry machines often come with a vacuum attachment to help minimize the dust.

If you are looking for pulverized or powdered marble for an art project, it can be used for mixing glue base gesso, acrylic modeling paste, and all types of water and oil paints.

At Cochise Marble, we only offer the absolute best and highest-quality stones with a wide range of colors and finishes. Our marble is cut from distinctly premium portions of the quarry which allows each piece to be unique and one-of-a-kind. Want to learn more about our quarry, blocks, and products?