The distinct green colour of the middle slab is a result of an abundance of serpentine mineralsConnemara marble ornament, Museum Building, Trinity College Dublin
Connemara marble or "Irish green" is a rare variety of green marble from Connemara, Ireland. It is used as a decoration and building material.[1][2] Its colour causes it to often be associated with the Irish identity, and for this reason it has been named the national gemstone of Ireland. It strongly resembles the verd antique, a green serpentinite breccia found in the Mediterranean. It is named after the region in which it is found (including Lissoughter in Recess, County Galway, and in Clifden).[3] The marble was deposited as a limestone mud during the neoproterozoic.[4]
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^Wyse Jackson, Patrick N.; Caulfield, Louise; Feely, Martin; Joyce, Ambrose; Parkes, Matthew A. (2019-01-23). "Connemara Marble, Co. Galway, Ireland: a Global Heritage Stone Resource proposal". Geological Society, London, Special Publications. 486: 251–268. doi:10.1144/SP486.6. hdl:2262/101554. ISSN 0305-8719. S2CID 134563435.
^Wyse Jackson, Patrick N.; Caulfield, Louise; Feely, Martin; Joyce, Ambrose; Parkes, Matthew A. (2020). "Connemara Marble, Co. Galway, Ireland: A Global Heritage Stone Resource proposal". Geological Society, London, Special Publications. 486: 251–268. doi:10.1144/sp486.6. hdl:2262/101554. S2CID 134563435.
Connemaramarble or "Irish green" is a rare variety of green marble from Connemara, Ireland. It is used as a decoration and building material. Its colour...
national gemstone of Ireland, Connemaramarble. Connemaramarble differs from the verd antiques in that it is an actual marble, rather than a serpentinite...
imitating marble with plasterwork Verd antique, sometimes (erroneously) called "serpentine marble", and often confused with Connemaramarble "Marble | Definition...
with St Patrick's day and Irish naturalism Pantone 347 (Irish green) Connemaramarble Green Party of Ireland Irish greenways Orange (colour), House of Orange...
horizontal and vertical lines in the marble. The Streamstown Marble quarry in Clifden, Galway is the oldest of the Connemaramarble quarries. It was opened in 1822...
The main town of Connemara is Clifden, which is surrounded by an area rich with megalithic tombs. The famous "Connemara Green marble" is found outcropping...
the capitals weighs almost one ton. Vermont marble was chosen because it closely resembles Connemaramarble, which could not be used for the rotunda due...
whale bone, horn, or ivory. Natural sources were also utilized such as Connemaramarble, bog oak or mother of pearl.[citation needed]. Advanced thimblemakers...
Green Connemaramarble (or 'Irish green marble') from Connemara, Ireland (and many other sources[citation needed]), and red Rosso di Levanto marble from...
green Connemaramarble columns, rather than the "sham" marble columns in White's original plans. White's partner McKim had secured only two Connemara marble...
feet (15 m) wide. It has a vaulted ceiling supported by dark green Connemaramarble columns with gilded Doric capitals at their tops. The hall is also...
mountain), is a noted source of the green-coloured Connemaramarble (sometimes called Connemara Lissoughter Marble). As an isolated standalone peak, it is less...
200 feet wide. The main mining centred on silver and lead, though Connemaramarble, gold, dolerite, quartz, and rare green and blue octahedral fluorite...
stones": 14 ) is a coastal town in County Galway, Ireland, in the region of Connemara, located on the Owenglin River where it flows into Clifden Bay. As the...
mountain range of mostly sharp-peaked quartzite summits and ridges in the Connemara National Park in County Galway, in the west of Ireland. The widest definition...
"Black Peak") or Irish: Cnoc Dubh (meaning "Black Hill"). The green Connemaramarble is quarried in Barr na nÓrán, which was first started by Thomas Barnwall...
of white Carrara marble and mosaics. The staircase is also of white Carrara marble, set with medallions of green marble from Connemara, Ireland, and intricate...
west of Ireland. Henry and his bride spent part of their honeymoon in Connemara. After he came into his inheritance, he returned and purchased from the...
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