Can you tile over a marble fireplace surround?

I'm in the process of giving our builder-basic fireplace a makeover and was wondering, can you tile directly on the marble or should I rip that out? There's nothing wrong with the marble, per se...just not a fan.
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  • Gillian Hall Gillian Hall on Aug 03, 2015
    I would think you could.It would be like putting tile on concrete as marble is "stone" ...you would need a good base product as a contact between the marble and the tile base/adhesive though to help it to stick. (like when you put down patio stones on concrete...you have to paint on a solution to make the concrete on the base stick to the fresh concrete you are applying with the stones)