Iona Marble Palm Stone

The old machinery was abandoned when the quarry closed in around 1918 and stands silently a testament to a time gone by.

Iona marble palm stone.

The green marble from the old quarry is what is usually called iona stone. There are 151 iona marble for sale on etsy and they cost 38 79 on average. Known as columba s tears or mermaid s tears the greenstone. The marble quarry is a place where you can allow your imagination free rein.

Iona marble is found by diving from the beaches into under water seams on the isle of iona scotland. Known by some as the sacred stone of columba green marble has been treasured and crafted by jewellers for centuries. Iona greenstone also called iona marble nephrite jade and a host of other more or less mineralogically correct names may be found on the beach. We stock an extensive range of celtic wedding rings and celtic engagement rings iona jewellery and alex ritchie.

I use this but also use the red green white and black granitite sort of stone that is found on the south end of the island. A fine edwardian iona marble brooch set in a silver surround with leaf and berry patterning. The most popular color. The iona shop specialises in the finest scottish jewellery celtic wedding rings and scottish gifts.

It may have been worked as early as 1745 by the earl of breadalbane when he founded the marble and slate company of netherlorn. Iona marble is known by some folk today as columba s stone and smaller sea polished pebbles are known as columba s tears. The historically interesting stuff occurs only in tiny pebbles broken away. Polished iona palm stone hand collected by boat in the scottish isles beautiful natural colours isle of iona scotland free uk delivery.

Colum cille and treasured for centuries. Hold a stone of iona in your hand and you hold the history of the world. Because here they come. The most common iona marble material is metal.

The whole fabric of the island is created from some of the oldest stone we know. This 2700 million year old rock is composed of a unique combination of serpentine and limestone. All our iona pebbles jewellery is hand crafted by ourselves on the isle of iona using only genuine iona marble serpentine quartz and other pebbles that we collect from the island s beaches throughout the winter. The iona marble quarry is situated in a small inlet on the south east of the island and has a very long history.

Too old even for fossils iona has become famous for its serpentine collected as a talisman for centuries.