MARBLE
Danby Marble
Marble from Danby Vermont is world famous for it's tight grain and beautiful White Stone with light veining. It displays awsome natural color patterns of golden tones (Imperial), Dark Blue (Royal), Green (Montclair and Meriposa). Danby Marble is well known as the major building stone used in the construction of Washington D.C. It was formed when the calcium created from shells & bones from prehistoric life forms combined with Carbon Dioxide from water. The result is 300 million year old Calcium Carbonate, which is the fundamental mineral composition of marble. The color in Danby & most marble is usually only 5% or less of the total coloration of the stone.
Vermont Verde Antique
Vermont Verde Antique is a Serpentine Stone (Not Marble). It's characteristics are unique and recognized world wide for their beauty and durability. Classified as a Hydrous Magnesium Silicate. It is rich dark green with white & greenish-white veining. It is known in stone circles for unique coloration quality, high density and hardness . It is a Ultramafic Stone and is Metamorphic. The veining is usually a Magnesite mineral with some Quartzite. Vermont Verde Antique is from the Ordovician period of time (435 to 500 million years ago). Vermont Verde Antique has natural plating characteristics caused from minerals existing which are related to Chlorite and Talc.
