Pentelic Marble Quarry

This area drama kavala thassos is widely known for producing almost 50 of the total greek white marble semi white marble production.

Pentelic marble quarry. Marble is commonly used for sculpture and as a building material. Marble was called at the time as white stone or pentelic hymettus or parian stone and apart from the quarries of paros and naxos that were already famous since the archaic era the exploitation of the pentelicus quarry began in the classical era. Since 1949 the quarry has been owned by dionyssomarble co. In classical times the peak had 25 quarries on the south slope at elevations between 2 500 and 3 300 feet 760 and 1000 m.

These provided excellent marble for most of the buildings and sculptures of athens in the 5th. S a the company solely responsible for its exploitation. Other articles where pentelic marble is discussed. Quarrying here began more than 100 years ago.

Pentelic marble was quarried during the golden age of pericles 5th century b c. In athens and supplied thousands of cubic metres of material used to construct the athens acropolis monuments and in the creation of all the great classical hellenistic and roman statues. Topalidis marble granite is a greek white marble manufacturer with own quarries and has been in the greek stone industry for years. 2 5 pentelic marble is divided into 3 units distinguishable by δ 13 c and δ 18 o values.

δ 13 c and δ 18 o values have been used to precisely match marbles from the acropolis to their source quarries. These quarries are self owned and located at dionyssos attica. They produce the world renowned dionyssos pentelicon marble. The penteli quarries were the main source of marble not only for the construction of parthenon and other buildings of the acropolis.

Pentelic marble is calcitic in composition with quartz as an accessory mineral. The chief summit about 10 miles 16 km northeast of athens athína is kokkinarás 3 632 feet 1 107 m which yields white pentelic marble on its north slope. Pentelic marble from the quarries at penteli north of athens is a fine grained calcitic marble. The company is located at prosotsani drama greece.

It is white with a golden tinge. In classical times the peak had 25 quarries on the south slope at elevations between 2 500 and 3 300 feet 760 and 1000 m. It is fine grained with sporadic calcitic fossil clasts. Marble is a metamorphic rock composed of recrystallized carbonate minerals most commonly calcite or dolomite marble is typically not foliated although there are exceptions in geology the term marble refers to metamorphosed limestone but its use in stonemasonry more broadly encompasses unmetamorphosed limestone.