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Monday, November 05 2007 @ 09:24 AM Central Standard Time
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The Marble & Granite Gallery, a European-style showroom with Michigan’s largest display of marble, granite, limestone, travertine, and onyx from around the world, announces that it is marketing a exciting new and rare Fossil Fish limestone.
The limestone contains fossils of the fish species Knightia Eoceania from the Green River Formation of Southwestern Wyoming deposited 50 million years ago. These specimens, found in light colored limestone, measure 5" from head to tail and are similar to today’s herring.
The Green River system was composed of three lakes: Lake Ulinta, Lake Gosiute and Fossil Lake. These Eocene Lakes lay in a series of intermountain basins formed by geological events that uplifted the Rocky Mountains during the early Tertiary time. The climate was much different from the desert-like climate of this area today. Both the fauna (crocodiles, alligators, boa constrictors and some subtropical fish families) and the flora (such as large palm trees) indicate a climate much like that found along the Gulf Coast today. Large amounts of ash found in the sediments indicate that volcanoes were particularly active at this time.
The Marble & Granite Gallery is a 48,000 sq. ft. European-style ehibit that displays natural stone slabs of marble, granite, limestone, travertine, and onyx from Brazil, Italy, India, China, Spain, South Africa, Norway, and many other countries, as well as the US. With more than 6,000 slabs on display for developers, contractors, architects, designers, and individuals in metropolitan Detroit, it is Michigan’s largest marble and granite showroom.
Vanessa Arellano Doctor
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