From:
"John VanCamp" <jvcstnwrks@zzzzzzzzzzzzz>
Date:
Sat, 4 Dec 2004 10:18:54 -0600
Subject:
Tenn. Marble
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From: "gary grossman" <grossman@--------- >
Sent: Saturday, December 04, 2004 6:43 AM
Subject: [stone] Tenn. Marble
Quoted text begins.Does anyone have any experience carving Tenn. Marble and can
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they
Quoted text begins.suggest good sources? Also, I've been wondering what causes
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marble to
Quoted text begins.go sugary? I've heard its from being exposed above ground too
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long, but
Quoted text begins.surely that can't be right. How could marble statues last
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hundreds of
Quoted text begins.years above ground and not get sugary. Is it something to do
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with
Quoted text begins.finished vs. raw marble??? Inquiring minds want to know. good
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carving, g2
Gary, Haven't carved a piece yet, but there is a good size
chunk on one of my bankers as we speak. Can tell you that it is
rather stiff, but it is my understanding that it is a nice
carving stone. Sure to have more to say about that in a couple
of weeks. I picked my stock of Tenn. pink up at the Tenn.
Marble quarry and mill site just south of Knoxville. People
there are real accommodating, and let me wander the bone yard at
will picking out pieces. Since they are associated with one of
the Vermont Quarries, they had Danby and some Verde Antique in
the bone yard also. Loaded up about a ton and a half of stone,
and the cost was less than $200.00 if I recall correctly.
The stone I have has been sitting out at my shop with nary a
sign of breaking down, and no telling how long it sat out in the
boneyard. I picked up pieces of both the fine grained stone,
and a courser grained variety, and both are real tight. As
Fred mentioned, acid rain and other pollution are the culprit in
causing calcitic stones to break down, but I think some marbles
(and limestones) are much more susceptible to this than others.
I wander some of the old cemeteries (1850 here abouts), and
notice that while some of the old marble markers are virtually
gone, others of the same vintage are still fairly crisp, and
many of the local Limestone markers are still in good shape.
All have been exposed to the same sort of weathering for roughly
the same amount of time, so I don't think that one can make a
blanket statement that covers all calcareous stone. Yes they
are reactive to acids in the environment, just some more so than
others.
John VanCamp / JVC Stoneworks
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