Dark Columbia marble

Description

A color variation of the bluish gray Columbia marble quarried in Tuolumne County, California (Bucher 1996). Dark Columbia is a hard marble with numerous dark, threadlike veins.

Synonyms and Related Terms

Dark Blue Columbia

Additional Information

W. Bucher, Dictionary of Building Preservation, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1996.

Sources Checked for Data in Record

• Dictionary of Building Preservation, Ward Bucher, ed., John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York City, 1996

• Frank A. Lent, Trade names and Descriptions of Marbles, Limestones, Sandstones, Granites and Other Building Stones Quarried in the United States Canada and other Countries., Stone Publishing Co, New York, 1925