Champlain Black Marble
This marble is quarried on Isle LaMotte, an island in northern Lake Champlain, VT, and is often called Radio City Black Marble because of its extensive use in the Radio City Music Hall in NYC. It is a medium hard marble that was formed from limey sediments deposited approximately 450 million years ago during the Ordovician Period in a shallow sea. As a result, numerous fossils, including Gastropods and Crinoid stems, are often found in the stone. We particularly like this stone because by altering the surface finish we can obtain a wide range of tones, from almost black to nearly white.
This marble is quarried on Isle LaMotte, an island in northern Lake Champlain, VT, and is often called Radio City Black Marble because of its extensive use in the Radio City Music Hall in NYC. It is a medium hard marble that was formed from limey sediments deposited approximately 450 million years ago during the Ordovician Period in a shallow sea. As a result, numerous fossils, including Gastropods and Crinoid stems, are often found in the stone. We particularly like this stone because by altering the surface finish we can obtain a wide range of tones, from almost black to nearly white.
