Rușchița marble (; ; ; ) is a mainly reddish, pinkish or white calcitic
marble
Marble is a metamorphic rock consisting of carbonate minerals (most commonly calcite (CaCO3) or Dolomite (mineral), dolomite (CaMg(CO3)2) that have recrystallized under the influence of heat and pressure. It has a crystalline texture, and is ty ...
found in
Romania
Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern and Southeast Europe. It borders Ukraine to the north and east, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Bulgaria to the south, Moldova to ...
. 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, 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 (; ; ; ; sh-Latn-Cyrl, Oravica, separator=/, Оравица) is a town in the Banat region of Romania, in Caraș-Severin County, with a population of 9,346 in 2021. Its theater is a fully functional scaled down version of the old Burgth ...
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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