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Mona marble|ˈməʊnə|
[f. Mona, Roman name for Anglesey + marble n.]
A serpentine limestone from the metamorphic beds of the island of Anglesey, off the N. coast of Wales.
1816Repository of Arts (Ackermann) Oct. 243 (heading) Mona marble chimney-piece. Ibid. 244/2 The beautifully variegated tints of the mona marble. 1911Encycl. Brit. XVII. 677/1 Mona marble is an ophicalcite from the metamorphic series of the Isle of Anglesey. 1971Country Life 6 May 1089/1 ‘A chaste and elegant structure of Mona Marble’, inscribed in Latin and Welsh. |