Cipollino Rosso

Name
Cipollino Rosso.

Anche chiamato Marmo Iassense o Africanone.

Latin name
Marmor Carium, Marmor Iassense.

Petrographic Characterization
Impure marble coloured red by fine, dispersed, hematite particles.

Origin
All the quarries are located not far from the modern village of Kıyıkışlacık, the ancient town of Iasos (from wich the marble takes his name), in the inland nort-eastern sector of the hills around the site.


 * Kıyıkışlacık on Google Maps

hasQuarry:: 37.191801°,27.361389° and hasQuarry:: 37.182146°,27.39650°

Varieties
- Cipollino Rosso (homogeneous)

- Cipollino Rosso Brecciato

- Cipollino Rosso Venato