Thassos marble

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Thassos Marble - Description
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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
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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
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THASSOS EXTRA
SNOW WHITE COLOR WITH NO
VEINS OR SHADOWS
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THASSOS A1
SNOW WHITE WITH SINGLY
TRANSPARENT CRYSTALS PER TILE
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THASSOS A2
SNOW WHITE BACKGROUND, LIGHT
GREY SHADOWS WITH LARGER
CRYSTALS
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THASSOS A3
SNOW WHITE BACKGROUND WITH
CRYSTALS, CRACKS, LINES
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THASSOS COM
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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 Characteristics
ZONA DI ESTRAZIONE
QUARRY LOCATION
VORKOMMEN
GRECIA
GREECE
GRIECHENLAND
USO PREVALENTE
APPLICATION
ANWENDUNGSBEREICH
INTERNO
INTERIOR
INNEN
PESO PER UNITA DI VOLUME
WEIGHT PER UNIT OF VOLUME (BULK DENSITY)
ROHGEWICHT
2690 2710 KG./M3
CARICO DI ROTTURA A COMPRESSIONE SEMPLICE
COMPRESSION BREAKING LOAD (COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH)
DRUCKFESTIGKEIT
1290 1320 KG./CM2
RESISTENZA A FLESSIONE
BENDING STRENGTH (MODULUS OF RUPTURE)
BIEGEZUGFESTIGKEIT
270
USURA PER ATTRITO RADENTE
ABRASION RESISTANCE
ABNUTZUNG DURCH REIBUNG
COEFFICIENTE DI IMBIBIZIONE (IN PESO)
MOISTURE ABSORPTION (BY WEIGHT)
WASSERAUFNAHME (IN % DES GEWICHTS)
COEFFICIENTE DI DILATAZIONE TERMICA
COEFFICIENT OF THERMAL EXPANSION
WÄRMEAUSDEHNUNGSKOEFFIZIENT
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KG./CM2
2.20 MM
0.18
0.21 %
0.0075 MM/M 0C
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Thassos Marble – History
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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
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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
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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
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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
F.Y.R.O.M.
THASSOS ISLAND
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Thassos Marble – Location / Excavation Area
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Promotion of Thassos White marble:
 Marble with a huge SPECTRAL REFLECTANCES,
reaching 84.916 % on a wavelength (nm) of 550.
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Thassos Marble – Sales Strategy
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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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Thassos Marble – Sales Strategy
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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
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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
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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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Thassos Marble – Sales Strategy
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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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Thassos Marble – Sales Strategy
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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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