Vermont Green Marble

The vermont marble trail is a driving tour along the geological marble corridor running the length of western vermont.

Vermont green marble.

Vermont verde antique serpentine countertops are chosen over marble or granite countertops because serpentine has the warmth and look of marble yet is harder and less porous than many types of granite. Typical slab sizes are. Marble is one of the state rocks of vermont. Verde antique marble is the commercial name for the dark green serpentine crossed by shear fractures filled with white calcite.

Greenstone stowe formation middlesex vt the rock is a dark green fine to medium grained massive greenstone mafic schist composed of chlorite albite epidote actinolite quartz and calcite. It can be used in many areas for construction stone ornamental stone. Vt royal danby marble slabs. What few people know is that hundreds of feet under the earths top layer deep inside the same quarry walls we extracted marble from there is a sophisticated marble factory that includes 2 gang saws a monowire to cut thick slabs and cubic.

104 108 x 54 62 also available in 3 4 and 1 1 4 thick polished or honed. Though the common name is marble this rock is actually a metamorphosed ultramafic hydrous magnesium silicate containing minerals similar to chlorite and talc. Rmg stone pob 807 castleton vt 05735 phone 802 468 5636 fax 802 468 8968. We are known world wide for the beautiful vermont danby marble we extract and that we quarry from the largest underground marble quarry in the world.

Marble is an important natural resource and has been a long standing industry in vermont. The museum is located in a wing of one of the former vermont marble company buildings. Vermont verde antique is a dark green serpentine stone quarried in the green mountains of vermont. The vermont marble museum or vermont marble exhibit is a museum commemorating the contributions of vermont marble and the vermont marble company located in proctor vermont united states.

Additional names of vermont green marble include. Vermont verde antique marble verde cavendish marble. Welcome to the vermont marble museum the largest marble exhibit in the world and a great source of pride for generations.