Photo courtesy of the knoxville museum of art in the downtown knoxville u s.
Tn pink marble.
The four eagles that decorate the top of the columns weigh five and a half tons each.
Quarried block of pink tennessee marble tennessee marble is a type of crystalline limestone found only in east tennessee in the southeastern united states.
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Tennessee pink marble is featured on the facade of the knoxville museum of art.
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.
While tennessee marble is not true marble its crystalline nature lends it a strong resemblance to marble especially when polished.
While pink is the most well known tennessee marble color the stone also occurs in gray dark brown cedar and variegated shades.
Tennessee pink marble is a kind of pink marble quarried in united states.
Tennessee marble is abundant but only found here in east tennessee.
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