Tennessee pink marble is famous all over the world.
Tennessee pink marble.
Tennessee pink marble is a kind of pink marble quarried in united states.
As the premier showroom for tennessee pink marble candoro is a featured stop on this self guided tour of knoxville.
The pink marble trail is whimsical as well as solid with history and culture.
Photo courtesy of the knoxville museum of art.
We readily keep varieties of tennessee pink quaker gray cedar champlain black and other domestic stones at our headquarters in friendsville tn.
Tennessee marble is abundant but only found here in east tennessee.
While pink is the most well known tennessee marble color the stone also occurs in gray dark brown cedar and variegated shades.
The stone occurs in belts of ordovician period rocks known as the holston formation and is quarried primarily in knox blount loudon union and hawkins counties.
The use of tennessee marble declined after world war ii when cheaper building materials became widely available.
Tennessee pink marble is featured on the facade of the knoxville museum of art.
This east tennessee city offers plenty of reasons for a visit and cultural heritage travelingmom recommends following the pink marble trail for extra pleasures.