Why is greek marble so abundant?
Marble (ancient Greek "μάρμαρον" meaning "shining stone") is a recrystallized limestone, white with black limestone patterns, currently known as marble, limestone, dolomite and carbonate rock. Skarn and marble formed by alteration. In the modern construction industry, marble and granite are the most popular building decoration materials, and even become one of the symbols of architectural luxury.
As the birthplace of European civilization and the ancient civilization of the world, Greece is a country built on marble. Here, whether it is a high mountain or a hilly island, there are all kinds of marbles, and the quantity and variety of the storage are in the forefront of the world.
The Greek marble industry started in the 1930s and has grown rapidly over the past three decades. In 1896, in order to host the first modern Olympic Games, Greece rebuilt the only stadium in the world built entirely of marble, the Panathenaic Stadium in Athens.
In fact, as early as about 3000 years ago, the Greeks began to use marble as the main building material and reached a high level of use. Famous ancient Greek buildings such as the Parthenon in Athens, the Temple of Zeus, the Temple of Poseidon in Poseidon, and the Temple of Apollo in Delphi were all built with marble.
They have been preserved for more than 2,000 years, not only because of the superb architectural art of the ancient Greeks, but also because of the tough and durable quality of marble. Historians and archaeologists still can't imagine how 2,000 years ago the ancient Greeks split that huge block of stone, transported it between the tops, and made it interconnected in such perfect harmony and perfection that maybe only The Seven Wonders are the most appropriate explanation.
The reason why Greece is so rich in marble is because marble is a metamorphic rock formed by the metamorphism of limestone under high temperature and high pressure conditions. Greece has a long geological history with deep and extensive limestone formations deposited. As the Eurasian plate and the African plate continue to collide and squeeze, the terrain gradually rises. At the same time, due to the fragmentation of rock formations and the intrusion of magma, a large amount of marble is formed under high temperature and pressure.
