The Chazy Fossil Reefs
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Isle La Motte, VT 05463, US
Category: Marble
Isle La Motte produced a limestone that almost metamorphosed into marble which was quarried in six different locations in the 19th century. This stone was marketed as black and grey marble and was shipped around the country, ending up is such prestigious locations as The National Gallery of Art and Radio City Music Hall.
The 480 million year old Isle La Motte Chazy Fossil reef is known among scientists worldwide as the earliest biologically diverse reef in the history of life on earth and contains some of the oldest fossils known to mankind.
The Isle La Motte Preservation Trust has preserved about 100 acres of this fossil treasure in two preserves: The Fisk Quarry Preserve and The Goodsell Ridge Preserve.
