Locality
23°44´ east longitude, 38°0´ north latitiude   [ map ]

Name
Thassos, Greece

Historical relevance of location
The sample stems from the marble which was used to built the famous Pergamon-Altar.

Classification of the earth

Structure	Greece marble
Colour	white
Age	Cretaceous, ca 70 million years

Donor

Angela Ehling,
 Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources,
 Office Berlin,
 Germany