Rușchița marble

Rușchița (Template:Lang-hr; Template:Lang-sr; Template:Lang-hu; Template:Lang-de) is a reddish, pinkish or white marble found in Romania.^[1] The marble deposit is located in the north of Caraș-Severin County, about 10 km northwest of the village of Rusca Montană, in the Poiana Rusca Mountains.

Rușchița marble mining was done in the shape of a turned-over bell between 1884 and 1960. Nowadays the extraction is made in descending horizontal slices.

References

^ Cetean, Valentina (April 2013). "Ruschita Romanian marble - 130 years of official exploitation and 130 m depth of architectural beauty around the word". EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts. 15: EGU2013–12869.

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[1] Cetean, Valentina (April 2013). "Ruschita Romanian marble - 130 years of official exploitation and 130 m depth of architectural beauty around the word". EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts. 15: EGU2013–12869.

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