Difference between revisions of "Dolomitic marble"
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== Synonyms and Related Terms == | == Synonyms and Related Terms == | ||
| − | snowflake marble; magnesian marble; | + | snowflake marble; magnesian marble; mármore dolomítico (Port.); marbre dolomitique (Fr.) |
== Additional Images == | == Additional Images == | ||
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== Authority == | == Authority == | ||
| − | * | + | * 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 |
[[Category:Materials database]] | [[Category:Materials database]] | ||
Revision as of 06:48, 24 July 2013
Description
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.)
Additional Images
Authority
- 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