Meanings of rare marbles in English

The palace court was built of rare marbles, exquisitely polished.

Lapis-lazuli with gold veinings, malachite, coral, alabaster, and rare marbles superseded the smalts and gold of an elder day.

Thus only can we account for the splendid columns of jasper, porphyry, and other rare marbles of which this crypt is composed.

This obstruction led to excavations, the result of which was the discovery of the remains of buildings, columns, statues, inscriptions, and fragments of rare marbles.