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Marble & Alabaster

Mines

Marble Mines

Famous Carrara marble mines
Lucca (Carrara) · Early Medieval · 100% · Italy · Catholic.

Attika marble mines
Athens (Attika) · Early Medieval · 100% · Byzantium · Orthodox.

Belgian limestone
Namur (Namur) · Early Medieval · 25% · Germania · Catholic.

Belgian limestone
Tournai (Tournai) · Early Medieval · 25% · Germania · Catholic.

Macael mines. Known in the Muslim world up to Goa, but probably at most a fraction of Carrara
Almeria (Macael) · Early Medieval · 50% · Iberia (Muslim) · Muwalladi.

Alentejo-Extremadura marble. Probably already used in Al-Andalus, but unknown how much was exported
Elvas (Alentejo) · Early Medieval · 25% · Iberia (Muslim) · Muwalladi.

Alabaster Mines

Alabaster is a cheap substitute of marble for sculptures.

Dove and Trent Valley. The best known, worked from the 12th c.
Castleton (Trent) · High Medieval · 25% · Britannia · Catholic.

For Sarral. Earliest/best representative of Crown of Aragon alabaster [Kloppmann et al. 2017]
Urgell (Sarral) · High Medieval · 25% · Iberia (Christian) · Catholic.

For Notre-Dame-de-Mésage. Supplied part of French needs [Kloppmann et al. 2017]
Grenoble (Mésage) · High Medieval · 25% · Francia · Catholic.