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2. File:Marble quarry Thasos island.jpg - Wikipedia

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3. Thasos - Wikipedia

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   A large low-angle thrust cuts the gneiss, schist and marble sequence at the south-west corner of the island, probably indicating an overthrusting of the Serbomacedonian Massif onto the Rodope Massif. The Late Miocene oil-producing Nestos-Prinos basin is located between Thassos island and the mainland. The floor of the basin is around 1,500 m ...

4. List of types of marble - Wikipedia

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   A stoup from brown Slivenec marble in the church in Dobřichovice [4] Český Šternberk marble (šternberský mramor) from Český Šternberk, Benešov District: white; Pernštejn marble (pernštejnský mramor) from Nedvědice, Brno-Country District: white; Nehodiv marble (nehodivský mramor) from Nehodiv, Klatovy District: grey

5. Marble - Wikipedia

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   Marble is a rock composed of calcium and magnesium carbonate, mostly white and pink. [1] Common marble varieties are granular limestone or dolomite . The hardness of marble is very high, because the internal structure of the rock is very uniform after long-term natural aging, and the internal stress disappears, so the marble will not be ...

6. Thasos (town) - Wikipedia

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   Thasos (Greek: Θάσος, Thásos) is a town on the island of Thasos in northern Greece.It is the capital and main town of the island. The town is also called Limenas Thasou or for short just Limenas (Greek: Λιμένας Θάσου, Liménas Thásou, "Harbour of Thasos") to distinguish the town from the island on which it is situated.

7. Carrara marble - Wikipedia

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   Carrara marble, or Luna marble (marmor lunense) to the Romans, is a type of white or blue-grey marble popular for use in sculpture and building decor. It has been quarried since Roman times in the mountains just outside the city of Carrara in the province of Massa and Carrara in the Lunigiana , the northernmost tip of modern-day Tuscany , Italy.