How to distinguish natural marble from artificial marble?
The most attractive thing about natural marble is its natural texture. Natural marble has been polished by nature for thousands of years, and it has exquisiteness and historical accumulation that imitations cannot match. The natural color of marble is soft and pleasing to the eye and rich in tone. The texture and color contain infinite changes. It is a magical workmanship of nature. Some rare marble tones are difficult to be artificially prepared. This is the most precious part of natural marble.
Artificial marble is mainly made of natural marble or granite crushed stones as filler, cement, gypsum, and unsaturated polyester resin as binder, and is made after stirring, grinding, and polishing. Relatively speaking, artificial marble has poor transparency, low hardness, is afraid of scratching, burning, and coloring, poor gloss, slightly rigid patterns, and lacks a sense of reality. The relative advantages are low price, easy to clean, anti-fouling, anti-corrosion, and easier construction.
The way to distinguish natural marble is actually very simple. Natural marble has high light transmittance. If you use a lighter or a flashlight to illuminate the back of the marble, the light transmittance is high. You can also tap the stone, and the natural marble will make a crisp and pleasant sound. In addition, there is a more direct way, which requires some chemical reagents to drop a few drops of dilute hydrochloric acid on the surface of the stone. Natural marble will foam violently, while artificial marble will foam weakly or even not.
