Pentelic Marble Quarry

Quarrying here began more than 100 years ago.

Pentelic marble quarry.

2 5 pentelic marble is divided into 3 units distinguishable by δ 13 c and δ 18 o values. Pentelic marble was quarried during the golden age of pericles 5th century b c. Pentelic marble from the quarries at penteli north of athens is a fine grained calcitic marble. 1 107 m which yields white pentelic marble on its north slope.

The quarry region is at dionysos of attica at dionyssovouni site and has the same chemical composition and texture as the renowned since antiquity pentelic marble. The penteli quarries were the main source of marble not only for the construction of parthenon and other buildings of the acropolis. δ 13 c and δ 18 o values have been used to precisely match marbles from the acropolis to their source quarries. This area drama kavala thassos is widely known for producing almost 50 of the total greek white marble semi white marble production.

They produce the world renowned dionyssos pentelicon marble. 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 white with a golden tinge. 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.

It is fine grained with sporadic calcitic fossil clasts. These quarries are self owned and located at dionyssos attica. Marble is commonly used for sculpture and as a building material. 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.

These provided excellent marble for most of the buildings and sculptures of athens in the 5th. 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. Pentelic marble is calcitic in composition with quartz as an accessory mineral. S a the company solely responsible for its exploitation.

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. The company is located at prosotsani drama greece. Pentelic marble was used for most of the major monuments of classical athens especially from the 5th century bc onwards and was the first white marble to be used in significant quantities at rome in the 2nd century bc. Other articles where pentelic marble is discussed.