marmorium

Updated: May 8, 2025

The asbestos occurs in the same quarries with this marble, just as this mineral is usually associated with talc schist, in which chlorite and mica are often present. Strabo places the quarries of cipollino at Marmorium, a place upon the coast near Carystos; but Mr.

Hugh Macmillan - Roman Mosaics: Or, Studies in Rome and Its Neighbourhood