White Marble Alabama

Classic timeless alabama marble is a domestic treasure favored by designers sculptors and builders the world across.

White marble alabama.

The stone is named after the town of sylacauga alabama which is sometimes called the marble city. A vendor brought in these alabama white marble honed slabs from atlanta. Louis missouri fell in love with sylacauga marble which he called the finest white marble in the. Giuseppi moretti the italian sculptor who created the vulcan for the 1904 world s fair in st.

They call it alabama white. I was assured they were not yellowish at all. Sylacauga marble also commonly known as alabama marble is a marble that is found in a belt running through talladega county alabama. Exclusive purveyors of alabama white marble am3 stone is the only purveyor of alabama marble the world s whitest marble.

Named after the town of sylacauga alabama which is sometimes called the marble city this distinctive white marble is extremely identical to carrara marble found in italy. Marble once cut out of the ground by the ton and used in some of the most prominent buildings and monuments across the united states will have a chance to return to its former glory thanks to a new venture by an alabama family and its partners. When they arrived in florida they had just been driven 4 hours in flooding rain and were dark and dingy yellow. Alabama rose alabama rose is made up of minerals such as pyrite limonite and calcium creating a pronounced green and gold veining highlighted by hues of pink.

Alabama marble occurs in shades of white pink gray red and black but the white marble of sylacauga has consistently drawn the most acclaim and earned the town the sobriquet the marble city. Moretti found the white marble mined in alabama to be closely related to that from his home country of italy where the white carrara marble is quarried with one significant difference. Sylacauga marble also known as alabama marble is known to be the world s whitest marble. It is prized for its pure white color and its crystalline structure.

The picture they sent originally was pure white and gray. This stone is especially good for exterior interior wall and floor applications monuments countertops mosaic fountains pool and and other design projects.