Green Marble Ireland

This stone is especially good for counter tops and bars interior wall panels water walls and fountains and other design projects.

Green marble ireland.

Precioustone gemstone 3d shellstone shellstone large. While the colour is predominately green there are often shades of grey and brown seen throughout. That is what our unique ireland bike tours are all about. Connemara marble is a serpentine rich rock popular since ancient times as a decorative facing stone.

Connemara marble is still quarried to this day in clifden on ireland s wild atlantic coast. Marble granite onyx travertine limestone breccia quartzite soft quartzite sandstone serpentine. It is about connecting with locals trying new things being active and immersing yourself in the irish culture. 5 out of 5 stars 100 100 reviews 24 20 free shipping only 1 left favorite add to irish connemara marble shamrock pendant necklace.

With its forty shades of green and its wild patterns it represents perfectly the landscapes of the emerald isle. Streamstown marble quarry in clifden is the oldest of the marble quarries. Irish green marble is a kind of green marble quarried in ireland. The beautiful bands of rich to pale green within the marble are formed by tiny crystals of green serpentine diopside chlorite and creamy white calcite and dolomite.

All pictures are a rough guide. Note blocks and slabs vary in appearance and dimension. 4000 year old axes made from connemara marble in the stone age can be seen in the national museum of ireland. The streamstown marble quarry.

It is also called irish green irish green wild irish green extra. Connemara marble inspired artists architects and artisans throughout the world. Connemara marble is internationally prized. My family have worked the beautiful green connemara marble for three generations and we take great pride in the irish jewelry and irish gifts that we produce.

Connemara marble is over 900 million years old and is unique to ireland.