Irish Connemara Marble Slabs

So when offered a chance to visit the actual factory i jumped at it.

Irish connemara marble slabs.

Connemara marble inspired artists architects and artisans throughout the world. Connemara marble is a serpentine rich rock popular since ancient times as a decorative facing stone. The focus of the large living space is a lustrous slab of connemara marble that looks like a work of art. Irish connemara marble bronze antique style flower pendant with 18inch chain and 15mm cabochon jewellery from the west of ireland spiritofireland.

We had to get the right slabs. Its use in jewellery can be regarded as one of ireland s indigenous industries and the quarrying of connemara marble is a centuries old endeavour. Even the marble complies with the symbolism of the emerald isle with colour variations ranging from soft to dark green or gray cream and sepia. This is wanted for lapidary purposes and therefore should be a minimum of 8mm thick and around 10cm x 20cm.

5 out of 5 stars 343 343 reviews 32 90 free shipping add to favorites 5 connemara marble shamrock beads 12mm irish national gemstone. I am looking for irish connemara marble slabs ireland green marble. The connemara marble is obviously green how lucky irish are. You can contact the supplier conamara stone ltd.

I bought some connemara marble pieces when i was first in ireland more than 40 years ago and they are still lovely. We own and operate the oldest marble quarry which was first opened in the 19th century and visited in 1903 by king edward vii and queen alexandra during the royal tour of connemara. Connemara marble slabs from ireland the details include pictures sizes color material and origin. We got to tour a small workshop see the many kinds of raw materials they work with watch an informative video about marble and they we got to shop the.

Selecting the right blocks of marble took almost two years. Connemara marble is over 900 million years old and is unique to ireland.