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Thassos marble blocks.
Quarry blocks of Thassos Snow White, selected by grade and sold by size and tonnage, for gang-saw or disc cutting.
Coming from the island of Thassos, where quarrying started in the 6th century BC, Thassos Snow White marble is today the purest white building stone available on earth.
Block selections
A1, A2 and A3
Suitable and safe for gang-saw processing for production of slabs. A1 has no or only a few irrelevant crack issues, while A2 and A3 have more.
A/B
Blocks of A/B and B are safe only for disc-cutting, not gang-saw processing, for production of tiles.
Technical data
| Mineralogical composition | |
|---|---|
| Calcite | 12 % |
| Dolomite | 86 % |
| Quartz | 2 % |
| Chemical analysis | |
|---|---|
| CaO | 35.93 % |
| MgO | 18.20 % |
| SiO₂ | 0.60 % |
| Fe₂O₃ | 0.18 % |
| Physical properties | |
|---|---|
| Apparent specific weight | 2882 kg/m³ |
| Absorption coefficient | 0.68 wt% |
| Compressive strength | 990 kg/cm² |
| Modulus of rupture | 189 kg/cm² |
| Abrasion resistance | 4.33 mm |
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