Tennessee marble
E6649
Tennessee marble is a high-quality, pinkish to gray crystalline limestone from eastern Tennessee widely used as an ornamental building stone in prominent U.S. monuments and architecture.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| East Tennessee marble belt | 1 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
building stone
ⓘ
crystalline limestone ⓘ ornamental stone ⓘ |
| composedPrimarilyOf | calcite ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| formation | Holston Formation ⓘ |
| geologicalAge | Ordovician ⓘ |
| hasColor |
gray
ⓘ
pink ⓘ pinkish gray ⓘ |
| hasReputationFor |
high quality
ⓘ
prestige use in public buildings ⓘ |
| historicalPeakOfUse |
early 20th century
ⓘ
late 19th century ⓘ |
| industryCenter | Knoxville, Tennessee ⓘ |
| locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity |
Tennessee
ⓘ
Tennessee (eastern portion) ⓘ
surface form:
eastern Tennessee
|
| marketedAs | marble (commercial sense) ⓘ |
| minedBy | regional quarry companies in Tennessee ⓘ |
| notableUseInBuilding |
Knox County Courthouse (Knoxville, Tennessee)
ⓘ
Lincoln Memorial ⓘ
surface form:
Lincoln Memorial (interior elements)
National Archives Building ⓘ
surface form:
National Archives Building (Washington, D.C.)
National Gallery of Art ⓘ
surface form:
National Gallery of Art (Washington, D.C.)
New York Public Library ⓘ
surface form:
New York Public Library (interior elements)
Tennessee State Capitol annex and interiors ⓘ United States Capitol ⓘ
surface form:
United States Capitol (various interior features)
|
| quarriedIn |
Blount County, Tennessee
ⓘ
Cocke County, Tennessee ⓘ Knox County, Tennessee ⓘ Loudon County, Tennessee ⓘ Union County, Tennessee ⓘ |
| texture |
crystalline
ⓘ
fine-grained ⓘ |
| tradeNameIncludes |
East Tennessee marble
ⓘ
Knoxville marble ⓘ |
| trueRockType | limestone ⓘ |
| usedAs |
cladding stone
ⓘ
dimension stone ⓘ exterior decorative stone ⓘ interior decorative stone ⓘ monumental stone ⓘ |
| usedFor |
columns
ⓘ
facades ⓘ floors ⓘ stairs ⓘ wall panels ⓘ |
| valuedFor |
aesthetic appearance
ⓘ
durability ⓘ polishability ⓘ |
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
East Tennessee marble belt