Greece is considered amongst the world’s top marble producers in the global carbonate ornamental stone market. Selected Greek carbonate ornamental stones considered in our study suite are characterized by their distinctive and in some cases unique appearance, having a significant impact on their commercial value. Their wide range of colour varieties and their physico-mechanical properties are closely related to their mineral assemblage, chemical constitution, petrographic properties, structural defects, which in turn depend highly upon their metamorphic/diagenetic grade and in some cases hydrothermal processes that affected them. This study endeavors to feature the petrographic, mineralogical and geochemical properties of the main Greek carbonate ornamental stones from selected localities and their by-product waste material used as aggregates. The documented data aims to serve a better understanding of the dynamic Greek marble industry by relating their mineral and chemical properties with their physico-mechanical and aesthetic characteristics.

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希腊碳酸盐岩石的岩石，地球化学性质及其物理力学和美学特征

在全球碳酸盐装饰石材市场中，希腊被认为是世界顶级大理石生产国之一。在我们的研究套件中考虑的精选希腊碳酸盐装饰石的特点是其独特的外观，在某些情况下还具有独特的外观，对其商业价值具有重大影响。它们的广泛的颜色变化及其物理机械性能与其矿物组合，化学成分，岩石学特性，结构缺陷密切相关，而这些反过来又很大程度上取决于其变质/成岩等级以及在某些情况下影响其的水热过程。这项研究致力于展现来自选定地区的主要希腊碳酸盐装饰石的岩石学，矿物学和地球化学特性，以及它们的副产品废料用作骨料。