Marble From Colorado

The town is the location of a historic yule marble quarry along the mountains that began operations in the late 19th century and from which the town draws its name.

Marble from colorado.

Come carve beautiful colorado marble at it s source in the rocky mountains with sculptors from around the world. The quarry is located near marble colo and is best known for producing yule marble a pure white stone that was named colorado s state rock in 2004. But colorado stone quarries an italian based company found a new and rich vein and as of 2015 is producing distributing and exporting high quality white marble colorado s state stone once. It has been used for the tomb of the unknowns as well as for parts of the lincoln memorial in.

Aspen is only an hour to the north and crested butte is 45 miles to the south. These qualities are why it has been chosen for a number of major national and state landmarks most notably the lincoln memorial. Yule marble is a marble of metamorphosed limestone found only in the yule creek valley in the west elk mountains of colorado 2 8 miles 4 5 km southeast of the town of marble colorado. This one is a marble of metamorphosed limestone found only in the yule creek valley in the west elk mountains of colorado 2 8 miles 4 5 km southeast of the town of marble colorado.

We welcome every experience level and artistic style. Marble remains a statutory town of the state of colorado today. First discovered in 1873 it is quarried underground at an elevation of 9 300 feet 2 800 m above sea level in contrast to most marble which is quarried from an open pit and at much lower elevations. The 8 day symposium provides everything including marble tools carving sites workshops demos and private instruction.

It is the grain of our marble that gives it an appearance of smooth texture a homogeneous look and a luminous surface that polishes well. Tomb of the unknowns to be. First discovered in 1873 it is quarried today inside a mountain at 10 000 feet 3 050 m above sea level in contrast to most marble which is quarried from an.