Tennesee Pink Marble

We readily keep varieties of tennessee pink quaker gray cedar champlain black and other domestic stones at our headquarters in friendsville tn.

Tennesee pink marble.

While pink is the most well known tennessee marble color the stone also occurs in gray dark brown cedar and variegated shades. While tennessee marble is not true marble its crystalline nature lends it a strong resemblance to marble especially when polished. The use of tennessee marble declined after world war ii when cheaper building materials became widely available. We also quarry many other varieties of marble including verde antique quaker gray and more.

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. Off white pink and dark red limestone has been quarried from beds and lenses within the holston formation in the valley and ridge physiographic province of the appalacians of eastern tennessee since1838. Owned by monica gawet the company is the only active quarrier of tennessee marble in the u s. The stone itself has a long standing history and tennessee marble company which currently has 30.

The first operating tennessee marble quarry was near rogersville tn. Tennessee pink marble is a kind of pink marble quarried in united states. We hope that it will reopen in 2020. 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.

Tennessee marble company 343 west vinegar valley road po box 249 friendsville tennessee tn 37737 email address. 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. Tennessee pink marble quarried here. Today the building is undergoing extensive renovation thanks to the aslan foundation.