Some interesting info about marble eggs!
According to The Himalayan Journal, the Himalayas are located on the southern fringe of the Tibetan Plateau, and form a mountain arc about 2400 km long and 250-300 km wide. They are the loftiest mountains in the world and still rising.
Geologists have divided these mountains into six major longitudinal zones, each having different ages, and the elements that make them up such as sandstone, limestone, granite, marble etc. The six zones are: 1) The Trans-Himalaya; 2) The Indus-Tsango Suture Zone; 3) The Tethyan (Tibetan) Himalaya; 4) The Higher ( Greater) Himalaya; 5) The Lesser (Lower) Himalaya; and 6) The Sub - Himalaya or the Siwalik Range.
The marble from the Himalayas comes from the Lesser Himalaya zone, and amongst other metamorphosed sedimentary rocks such as quartzite, slate, phylite, schist and gneiss, is from the Proterozoic - Cambrian age, which began 2.5 billion years ago.
This was the period of Earth's history where many of the most exciting events of life and Earth occurred, such as stable continents first appearing and the first abundant fossils of living organisms, mostly bacteria and archaeans.
If you look at some of the mottled eggs in The Emporium, you can see clearly what appear to be fossils on the eggs. I find this very exciting! A wonderful ornament perfect for house or office, which such deep and ancient history, and actual fossils embedded within them!
Perhaps the more interested among you could tell me what fossil it actually is on your egg?
Drop me a line. contact@marbleeggemporium.
Be back soon with more good and interesting stuff.
Richard.