Dolomitic marble

Head of Polyphemos
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.)

Resources and Citations

• José Delgado Rodrigues, LNEC, Submitted information, 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