Marble Quarry Tennessee

Marble is a metamorphic rock composed of recrystallized carbonate minerals most commonly calcite or dolomite marble is typically not foliated although there are exceptions in geology the term marble refers to metamorphosed limestone but its use in stonemasonry more broadly encompasses unmetamorphosed limestone.

Marble quarry tennessee. In 2016 2017 the east tennessee historical society produced a temporary exhibition rock of ages. The quarry is a family owned and operated wedding and special event venue residing in a historic marble quarry in the heart of west knoxville tennessee. Tennessee pink marble quarried here. In addition to our tennessee quarries we have access to quarries all over the us including vermont alabama colorado georgia indiana and others.

The remnants of the illustrious marble industry which gave rise to knoxville becoming known as the marble city are on display throughout the property. Known as the marble city in the 19 th century knoxville has a long history of marble quarrying. We also quarry many other varieties of marble including verde antique quaker gray and more. Back then the ross marble company paid a small fee for land adjacent to what would soon become the ijams bird sanctuary and opened up a quarry to extract tennessee marble a highly polishable stone that was in great demand for grand buildings as well as national monuments.

We process marble and limestone into tile block slabs pavers and any other architectural product you can imagine with access to quarries all over the world. The first operating tennessee marble quarry was near rogersville tn. Marble is commonly used for sculpture and as a building material. In the minds of geologists the rock commonly known as the tennessee marble is actually limestone not marble at all.

As described in the multiple property submission marble industry of east tennessee. Tennessee marble company is locally owned and operated since 1993 and is now one of the largest vertically integrated domestic marble companies in the united states with in house capabilities to. East tennessee s marble industry complementing the exhibition was quarry project tennessee which featured a remarkable multi media presentation composed of layers of historic and artistic imagery set to a soundtrack of live interviews and original music directed filmed and produced by kate.