Stephenie Meyer freqüentemente menciona que os vampiros da série Crepúsculo têm uma pele fria como a de mármore.
I doubted his icy marble skin would smell anything like food. - New Moon
That she was a vampire was obvious. Her skin was marble white, the texture a million times smoother than human skin. Even under the clouds, she glistened ever so slightly. - Breaking Dawn
A pele é comparada com mármore e cristal:
Aparentemente, a explicação no universo é que a pele dos vampiros é semelhante a uma pedra preciosa que brilha na luz do sol.Edward in the sunlight was shocking. I couldn't get used to it, though I'd been staring at him all afternoon. His skin, white despite the faint flush from yesterday's hunting trip, literally sparkled, like thousands of tiny diamonds were embedded in the surface. He lay perfectly still in the grass, his shirt open over his sculpted, incandescent chest, his scintillating arms bare. His glistening, pale lavender lids were shut, though of course he didn't sleep. A perfect statue, carved in some unknown stone, smooth like marble, glittering like crystal. - Twilight