Almándoz marble from Navarra in the Arcaya Roman "thermae" in Álava (Northern Spain)

  1. Martínez Torres, Luis Miguel 1
  2. Eguiluz Alarcón, Luis 1
  3. Loza Uriarte, Miguel 2
  4. Niso Lorenzo, Javier 2
  1. 1 Universidad del País Vasco/Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea
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    Universidad del País Vasco/Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea

    Lejona, España

    ROR https://ror.org/000xsnr85

  2. 2 Iterbide S.C.
Libro:
Interdisciplinary studies on ancient stone: proceedings of the IX Association for the Study of Marbles and Other Stones in Antiquity (ASMOSIA) Conference (Tarragona 2009)
  1. Anna Gutiérrez García-M. (coord.)
  2. Pilar Lapuente Mercadal (coord.)
  3. Isabel Rodà de Llanza (coord.)

Editorial: Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona = Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona ; Universitat Rovira i Virgili ; Institut Català d'Arqueologia Clàssica (ICAC)

ISBN: 978-84-939033-8-1

Año de publicación: 2012

Páginas: 142-145

Congreso: ASMOSIA International Conference (9. 2009. Tarragona)

Tipo: Aportación congreso

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Resumen

At the Roman "thermae" in Arcaya (1st-2nd century AD), a few kilometers to the east of Vitoria-Gasteiz on the "Via XXXIV, Ab Asturica Burdigalam", number of parietal remains carved in marble with a grey appearance and bluish-grey veins have been documented. In thin section, it is possible to observe metamorphic minerals (scapolite and tremolite), and some characteristic stylolites deformed prior to the metamorphic event. These singular mineralogical and structural characteristics have been found in the "Nappe des Marbres" within a narrow band of Middle Jurassic, Aptian and Albian material in northern Navarra. These rocks, which were commercialized as Almándoz Marble or Baztán Marble, are located near the road linking the ancient seaport of Oiasso (Irún) and Pompaelo (Pamplona)

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