zxcvbob wrote:
> Michel Boucher wrote:
>> Mark Thorson > wrote in
>> :
>>> I think the moisture content of marble may pose
>>> a problem. Marble is a porous and inhomogeneous
>>> stone. It may crack.
>>
>> Marble is a calcium silicate. Its crystals have both soluble and
>> insoluble faces. Cutting marble along the insoluble face will mean
>> that the stone will not decay as quickly as cutting along the soluble
>> face.
>> I have never heard it described as porous. It is more cohesive and
>> heavier than granite, so it could hardly be porous.
>>
>> It can be used as a heated cooking surface, as in
>>
>> http://www.hotstones.com/
>>
>
>
> Marble is calcium carbonate, just like limestone but crystallized
> differently. It is not porous, but it is subject to attack by acids.
>
> It should make a decent cooking stone. And certainly cheap enough in
> 12x12" tiles that you can replace them when you break them. (Get real
> marble, not "cultured marble", although I've never seen cultured marble
> in tile form -- somebody probably makes them)
>
> Bob
Our tub enclosures are large pieces of cultured marble and we once had a
home with cultured marble floor tiles. Weird stuff but it worked okay.
My fear would be that the binder in cultured marble would not lend
itself to food service.