Rușchița marble ( hr, Ruščica; sr, Рушчица; hu, Ruskica márvány; german: Ruschitza-Marmor) is a mainly reddish, pinkish or white calcitic
marble
Marble is a metamorphic rock composed of recrystallized carbonate minerals, most commonly calcite or dolomite. Marble is typically not foliated (layered), although there are exceptions. In geology, the term ''marble'' refers to metamorphose ...
found in
Romania
Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Moldova to the east, and ...
. The marble deposit is located in the north of
Caraș-Severin County
Caraș-Severin () is a county ( județ) of Romania on the border with Serbia. The majority of its territory lies within the historical region of Banat, with a few northeastern villages considered part of Transylvania. The county seat is Reșița ...
, about northwest of the village of Rusita near
Rusca Montană
Rusca Montană ( hu, Ruszkabánya; german: Rußberg or ''Ruskberg'') is a commune in Caraș-Severin County of Western Romania with a population of 2,095 people. It is composed of two villages, Rusca Montană and Rușchița (''Ruszkica'' or ''Ruszk ...
, in the
Poiana Rusca Mountains.
Rușchița marble mining was done in the shape of a turned-over bell between 1884 and 1960. The quarry originally belonged to the royal Hungarian Ärar. He leased it to Johannes Bibel from
Oravița
Oravița (; hu, Oravicabánya; german: Orawitz; cs, Oravice; sh-Latn-Cyrl, Oravica, separator=/, Оравица) is a town in the Banat region of Romania, in Caraș-Severin County, with a population of 11,382 in 2011. Its theater is a fully fu ...
in the 19th century.
[Franz Schafarzik: ''Detaillierte Mitteilungen über die auf dem Gebiete des Ungarischen Reiches befindlichen Steinbrüche''. Budapest 1909, p. 267.] Nowadays the extraction is made in descending horizontal stopes.
Gallery
Image:Ruschitza-Marmor.jpg, Rușchița marble Champagne
Image:RuschRoz.jpg, Rușchița marble Rosé
Image:Ruschitza-Marmor weiss.jpg, Rușchița marble White
References
External links
''Ruschita marble quarry'' Website of Marmosim.
Economy of Romania
Building stone
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