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LOT 2132
Natural History - Historic Roman 'Spartan Basalt' Cut & Polished Green Porphyry Section
9 in. (574 grams, 23 cm).
A large lacquered cut section mined in Greece, probably recycled material mined in ancient Roman times. [No Reserve]
Provenance
From Greece.
Mineral Imports, London, UK.
Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd (Gregory's).
Footnotes
Also known as Lapis Lacedaemonius and Porfido Verde Antico, a type of green porphyry quarried in Greece. Spartan basalt is a form of andesite or volcanic rock known today only from a single source in the village of Krokees on the Peloponnese in Greece. In addition, ancient sources mention a quarry of Lapis Lacedaemonius in Taygetus.
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LOT 2132
Natural History - Historic Roman 'Spartan Basalt' Cut & Polished Green Porphyry Section
Sold for (Inc. bp): £442
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