Schaidberger marble
The Schaidberger marble occurs on the Schaidberg in Obertauern in Austria . It is a fine-grained, highly translucent ( translucent ) marble . It can be white but also yellowish.
The mining area was level with the Radstädter Tauern Pass on the southern ramp of the pass in Schaidberg. It was a small quarry in which this marble occurred, which is described as a yellowish platy occurrence.
The Schaidberger marble was already used by the Romans, especially for the milestones of the Lungau Roman roads, which were set at the time of Septimius Severus .
Web links
- Stones for the Iuvavum area. Schaidberger marble
- Depiction of a Roman milestone made of Schaidberger marble
- Steindorf. Villa Rustica with fragments of Schaidberger marble
Individual evidence
- ^ E. Clar: From the architectural style of the Radstädter Tauern. In: Mitteilungen des Alpenländischer Geologische Verein (Communications from the Geological Society in Vienna. 32nd volume, 1939) (PDF file; 480 kB). Retrieved June 12, 2010.
- ↑ Information on geologie.ac.at ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF file; 1.15 MB). Accessed on June 12, 2010. See also Schmidt, Manfred G .: Introduction to Latin Epigraphy. 2nd edition Darmstadt 2011, p. 18.
Coordinates: 47 ° 14 ′ 25.4 " N , 13 ° 34 ′ 14.9" E