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== Description == | == Description == | ||
| − | A white, medium-grain marble composed of greater than 90% calcium magnesium carbonate (see [ | + | 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 == | == Synonyms and Related Terms == | ||
Revision as of 14:58, 14 January 2014
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.)
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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