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Krokeai

Quarry	Coordinates: 36.88°N 22.54°E
Greece / Graecia

Location

Details

Stone:	Serpentine,
Bibliography:	Gnoli 1988: 141-142; Mielsch 1985: 66; Le Roy 1961; Chrismes 1952: 73; Zezza and Lazzarini 2002
Location:	Southern Lakonia
Material:	Dark green serpentine (porfido verde di Grecia or serpentino) flecked with bright green crystals, and a variety of lighter green pavonazzetto; used from the Mycenean period but only exported inter-regionally in the Roman Imperial period

Bibliography

Chrismes 1952: 73; Le Roy 1961; Mielsch 1985: 66; Gnoli 1988: 141-142; Zezza - Lazzarini 2002.

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