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{{for|the village in Caraș-Severin County, Romania|Rusca Montană}}
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'''Rușchița''' ({{lang-hr|Ruščica}}; {{lang-sr|Рушчица}}; {{lang-hu|Ruskica márvány}}; {{lang-de|Ruschitza}}) is a reddish, pinkish or white [[marble]] found in [[Romania]].<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Cetean|first=Valentina|date=April 2013|title=Ruschita Romanian marble - 130 years of official exploitation and 130 m depth of architectural beauty around the word|url=https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2013EGUGA..1512869C/abstract|journal=EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts|language=en|volume=15|pages=EGU2013–12869}}</ref> The marble deposit is located in the north of [[Caraș-Severin County]], about {{convert|10|km|0|abbr=on}} northwest of the village of [[Rusca Montană]], in the [[Poiana Rusca Mountains]].
'''Rușchița marble''' ({{lang-hr|Ruščica}}; {{lang-sr|Рушчица}}; {{lang-hu|Ruskica márvány}}; {{lang-de|Ruschitza-Marmor}}) is a reddish, pinkish or white [[marble]] found in [[Romania]].<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Cetean|first=Valentina|date=April 2013|title=Ruschita Romanian marble - 130 years of official exploitation and 130 m depth of architectural beauty around the word|url=https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2013EGUGA..1512869C/abstract|journal=EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts|language=en|volume=15|pages=EGU2013–12869}}</ref> The marble deposit is located in the north of [[Caraș-Severin County]], about {{convert|10|km|0|abbr=on}} 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.
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.

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Rușchița marble (Croatian: Ruščica; Serbian: Рушчица; Hungarian: Ruskica márvány; German: Ruschitza-Marmor) 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 (6 mi) 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

  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.