thassos marble description

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Thassos Marble - Description

WHITE THASSOS is the most famous and one of the purest if not the purest white marble ever excavated from foreign or Greek quarries. This marble is known to be very strong, bright and sparkling natural rock.

Thassos marble has a crystal snow white colour, composed of small crystals (crystalline). The small transparent crystals, gave it it’s also worldwide known name “Greek Crystal marble”.

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Thassos Marble - Qualities

Thassos white is a completely white marble, what is also his trade mark and can be divided into the following categories based on quality:

THASSOS EXTRA THASSOS A1 THASSOS A2 THASSOS A3 THASSOS COM

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Thassos Marble – Quality Description/Photos

THASSOS EXTRA

THASSOS A1

THASSOS A2

THASSOS A3

THASSOS COM

SNOW WHITE COLOR WITH NO VEINS OR SHADOWS

SNOW WHITE WITH SINGLY TRANSPARENT CRYSTALS PER TILE

SNOW WHITE BACKGROUND, LIGHT GREY SHADOWS WITH LARGER CRYSTALS

SNOW WHITE BACKGROUND WITH CRYSTALS, CRACKS, LINES

SNOW WHITE BACKGROUND WITH MORE TRANSPARENT CRYSTALS, PINHOLES, CRACKS, YELLOW / RED LINES

* The quality characterizations are only valid for small sized tiles. For bigger pieces, like slabs and artifacts no spot/vein-free surface can be achieved, due to the natural characteristics of the marble.

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Thassos Marble – Technical CharacteristicsZONA DI ESTRAZIONEQUARRY LOCATIONVORKOMMEN

GRECIAGREECE

GRIECHENLAND

USO PREVALENTEAPPLICATIONANWENDUNGSBEREICH

INTERNOINTERIOR

INNEN

PESO PER UNITA DI VOLUMEWEIGHT PER UNIT OF VOLUME (BULK DENSITY)ROHGEWICHT

2690 2710 KG./M3

CARICO DI ROTTURA A COMPRESSIONE SEMPLICECOMPRESSION BREAKING LOAD (COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH)DRUCKFESTIGKEIT

1290 1320 KG./CM2

RESISTENZA A FLESSIONEBENDING STRENGTH (MODULUS OF RUPTURE)BIEGEZUGFESTIGKEIT

270 280 KG./CM2

USURA PER ATTRITO RADENTEABRASION RESISTANCEABNUTZUNG DURCH REIBUNG

2.20 MM

COEFFICIENTE DI IMBIBIZIONE (IN PESO)MOISTURE ABSORPTION (BY WEIGHT)WASSERAUFNAHME (IN % DES GEWICHTS)

0.18 0.21 %

COEFFICIENTE DI DILATAZIONE TERMICACOEFFICIENT OF THERMAL EXPANSIONWÄRMEAUSDEHNUNGSKOEFFIZIENT

0.0075 MM/M 0C

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Thassos Marble – History

Thassos marble is named after the Greek island “Thassos”, from where it is quarried since ancient times.

In classical mythology, “Thassus” was the brother of “Europa”, who had been kidnapped by Zeus and became the mother of the later as king of Crete known “Minos”. He is credited with establishing the first settlement, which is why the island is named after him.

Originally it appears that the island was settled first by the Phoenicians, who worked the island's gold mines. In the 7th century BC than the Greeks from the island Paros colonised the island and founded a famous sculpturing school.

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Thassos Marble – History From the 6th century BC, Thassos marble had been

exported to several islands including Samothrace, the coast of Asia Minor and South Greece, where it had been used to construct numerous temples and other impressive buildings.

From the 1st century BC until the 3rd century AD, this marble had been also extensively used by the Romans, which seemed to have a profound preference for Thassos white marble.

This marble had also been used during the Byzantine Empire for the construction of a department of the church of “Agia Sofia” in Constantinople.

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Thassos Marble – History

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Thassos Marble – Today This marble today is the first choice in

architecture and construction supplies for residential, commercial and institutional development projects and for the monuments industry, as well.

It can be used in several applications in traditional and modern design projects. The most common, yet impressive application of white Thassos marble tile in architecture is a tiled floor highly polished.

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Thassos Marble – Location / Excavation Area

Thassos island, after which the famous marble is named, is located seven miles south of the Greek mainland across the city of Kavala, in the northern Aegean Sea and has an area of 369 square km. (146 sq. miles).

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Thassos Marble – LOCATION Map of Greece

THASSOS ISLAND

F.Y.R.O.M.

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Thassos Marble – Location / Excavation Area

Thassos island is together with Kavala and Drama area one of the most productive excavation areas of white marble in the world, considering that almost 50% of the total white marble is quarried here.

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Thassos Marble – Excavation areas of Greece

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Thassos Marble – The Island

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Thassos Marble – QUARRIES Historical approach

The "White Thassos" quarries are all located in the homonymous Greek Island, with it’s beautiful emerald green and crystal clear waters, in Northern Greece. Stone mines are scattered all over the island and all of them are open-pit (as elsewhere stones may be mined underground, from tunnels).

Some of the mines have been sourced since ancient times by Thassian quarriers. The early exploitation of the white marble quarries is proved by the remains of the ancient Saliara, Aliki and Vathy mine locations and by the ancient quotes, such as of Herodotus (the greatest historian of antiquity), who had several references to the unique Thassian white marble.

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Thassos Marble – F.H.L. Quarries

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Thassos Marble – Quarries Hard Facts

F.H.L. Company owns two (2) quarries both located in the Vlachoudi area of Thassos island.

The quarries are operating according the environmental regulations, means that the mountainside is restored after excavation is completed, e.g. by planting trees.

The quarries are operated by a specialized work force of 10-15 people, all around the year.

All employees are equipped and work according to the safety management regulations.

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Thassos Marble - Quarries Hard Facts

The first of the in total two quarries is operating since 1989, the second one started with it’s revelation in 2008 and will begin it’s regular workflow in May 2009.

The total area of both quarries is in total around 64.400 m2

The extraction capacity of all 2 quarries combined is annually averagely 3.600 m3

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Thassos Marble – Marble Block

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Thassos Marble – Sales Strategy

Promotion of Thassos White marble: Thassos White Marble is a long lasting

TRADE MARK Uniqueness in color and appearance Known all over the world Huge historical background as a

traditional marble used already by the ancient Greeks and Romans

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Thassos Marble – Sales Strategy Promotion of Thassos White marble:

Marble with a huge SPECTRAL REFLECTANCES, reaching 84.916 % on a wavelength (nm) of 550.

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Promotion of Thassos White marble: A very high reflectance of the sunbeams Absorbance of the heat, extremely useful

for the countries with high temperatures The white color gives together with the

marble coldness an alleviation from heat on religious come-together of the Muslims (prayers are taking place on the ground)

The white color of Thassos marble is considered in the Islam as holy

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Thassos Marble – Sales Strategy Promotion of Thassos White marble:

Impressive architectural achievements built completely in Thassos all over the world

Appellate and Country court of Athens, Greece

Building of the German Embassy in Athens The Shelman Building Athens Part of the wall cladding of the Hilton Hotel

in Athens The holy sanctuary of Medina The international airport of Barcelona in

Spain

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Promotion of Thassos White marble: Impressive architectural achievements built

completely in Thassos all over the world The hugest monument of the Muslim

religion, that every Muslim has to visit once in a lifetime

“Mekka”

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Thassos Marble – Projects MEKKA Monument of religious worship for the hole Islam

Source: ΕΛΕΥΘΕΡΟΣ ΤΥΠΟΣ ΤΗΣ ΚΥΡΙΑΚΗΣ Κυριακή 4 Νοεμβρίου 2007 “Στη Μέκκα προσκυνούν πάνω σε μάρμαρα Θάσου”

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Thassos Marble – Projects MEKKA Monument of religious worship for the hole Islam

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Thassos Marble – Projects MEKKA Monument of religious worship for the

hole Islam MEKKA and especially the Kaaba in the center of

Mekka, located in Saudi Arabia is besides the holy temple of Artemis in Effesos the biggest monument built with Thassos marble on the hole planet.

F.H.L. is the hugest supplier of the Saudi Bin Ladin Group, that is occupied with covering the pray ground of Mekka and Medina with Thassos massifs (120x40x4cm).

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Approach Strategy for the Oriental Market (U.A.E., Saudi Arabia, Dubai, Turkey, Turkmenistan etc.)

Religious acceptance of the color “White” as holy Reflection of White marble Low absorbance of heat Cold tempered floor cover for religious symposiums

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Other markets easy to approach Wealthy countries such as (U.S.A., Japan, Russia etc.

Thassos White stands for exclusiveness Often used for Sculptures Very popular for Hotels and other exclusive

building complexes (e.g. Entrances, floor carpets, Receptions, fire places, bathroom cladding, stairs etc.)

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Thassos Marble – Different Floor Carpets

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Thassos Marble – Examples for Bathroom cladding

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Thassos Marble a world of endless possibilities……..

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