Vermont Verde Antique Serpentine Stone

Vermont Verde Antique is a Serpentine Stone (Not Marble). It's characteristics are unique and recognized world wide for their beauty and durability. Classified as a Hydrous Magnesium Silicate. It is rich dark green with white & greenish-white veining. It is known in stone circles for unique coloration quality, high density and hardness . It is a Ultramafic Stone and is Metamorphic. The veining is usually a Magnesite mineral with some Quartzite. Vermont Verde Antique is from the Ordovician period of time (435 to 500 million years ago). Vermont Verde Antique has natural plating characteristics caused from minerals existing which are related to Chlorite and Talc.