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== Description ==
 
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A white, medium-grain marble composed of greater than 90% calcium magnesium carbonate (see [[dolomite]]). Dolomitic marbles were quarried in Cape Vathy on Thasos from antiquity to about the 5th century CE.
 
A white, medium-grain marble composed of greater than 90% calcium magnesium carbonate (see [[dolomite]]). Dolomitic marbles were quarried in Cape Vathy on Thasos from antiquity to about the 5th century CE.
  
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snowflake marble; magnesian marble; mármore dolomítico (Port.); marbre dolomitique (Fr.)
 
snowflake marble; magnesian marble; mármore dolomítico (Port.); marbre dolomitique (Fr.)
 
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== Sources Checked for Data in Record ==
 
== Sources Checked for Data in Record ==

Revision as of 08:57, 28 August 2020

Hea of Pollyphemos
MFA# 63.120

Description

Fragment from Troy
MFA# 69.2

A white, medium-grain marble composed of greater than 90% calcium magnesium carbonate (see Dolomite). Dolomitic marbles were quarried in Cape Vathy on Thasos from antiquity to about the 5th century CE.

Synonyms and Related Terms

snowflake marble; magnesian marble; mármore dolomítico (Port.); marbre dolomitique (Fr.)

Sources Checked for Data in Record

  • Submitted information Comment: José Delgado Rodrigues, LNEC, 2009.
  • Ralph Mayer, A Dictionary of Art Terms and Techniques, Harper and Row Publishers, New York, 1969 (also 1945 printing)
  • Janet Burnett Grossman, Looking at Greek and Roman Sculpture in Stone, J. Paul Getty Trust, Los Angeles, 2003

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