Photo courtesy of the knoxville museum of art.
Tennessee pink marble.
Tennessee pink marble is featured on the facade of the knoxville museum of art.
As the premier showroom for tennessee pink marble candoro is a featured stop on this self guided tour of knoxville.
Tennessee marble is abundant but only found here in east tennessee.
While tennessee marble is not true marble its crystalline nature lends it a strong resemblance to marble especially when polished.
Tennessee pink marble is a kind of pink marble quarried in united states.
The use of tennessee marble declined after world war ii when cheaper building materials became widely available.
Tennessee pink marble is famous all over the world.
The pink marble trail is whimsical as well as solid with history and culture.
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.
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.
This east tennessee city offers plenty of reasons for a visit and cultural heritage travelingmom recommends following the pink marble trail for extra pleasures.