Tn Pink Marble

Tennessee marble is abundant but only found here in east tennessee.

Tn pink marble.

Photo courtesy of the knoxville museum of art in the downtown knoxville u s. See more ideas about pink marble knoxville tennessee. Quarried block of pink tennessee marble tennessee marble is a type of crystalline limestone found only in east tennessee in the southeastern united states. Post office there are six types of marble used in the building design.

The stone occurs in belts of ordovician period rocks known as the holston formation 5 and is quarried primarily in knox blount loudon union and hawkins counties. While tennessee marble is not true marble its crystalline nature lends it a strong resemblance to marble especially when polished. This stone is especially good for building stone countertops sinks monuments pool coping sills ornamental stone interior exterior wall floor paving and other design projects. While pink is the most well known tennessee marble color the stone also occurs in gray dark brown cedar and variegated shades.

We readily keep varieties of tennessee pink quaker gray cedar champlain black and other domestic stones at our headquarters in friendsville tn. Apr 23 2017 explore molly gilbert s board tennessee pink marble trail knoxville followed by 125 people on pinterest.