The Marble Caves sit on the shores of a turquoise glacial lake in southern Chile. Light bounces off the water onto the walls, ...

By 1810, several companies were laying claim to tons of marble in the quarry, and the rock was being fashioned into gravestones, ... his back to the quarry wall as he stood on the marble bridge.

Now the history of the stone is chronicled in the "Rock of Ages: East Tennessee's Marble Industry" exhibit opening with a reception from 4:30-6:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 18, at the Museum of East ...