Stone Pighes White marble types

Pighes White marble types

Stone selection, generally speaking, is not based on official standards one can make reference to, as there are no "official" grades in this sector. So, usually sorting is based upon different criteria, resulting in each selected type to have its own different commercial name from one supplier or manufacturer to another. Pighes White marble types are usually sorted by starting from the highest quality to the lowest, from pure white background types with almost no veins or light veining to types with more veins or darker veins or lines.

Blanco Dolomita, Piges marble

There are several factors that specify its commercial names starting from its extraction place. As usually, most of the Greek marble types are named after their quarry locations and as quarries are located near the homonymous village of Piges, it was self-evident for the stone to be named after the nearest village as "White of Pighes". Several other names based also on geographical locations, such as after the nearest city, are Pighes Drama White or Drama White Piges or Pigon Dramas White. Yet, there are more names based on other factors, such as:

Mineral composition of Pighes White marble

Mármore Branco Pigues

Stone’s Mineral composition: Blanco Dolomite, Dolomita Blanco, Pighes Blanco Dolomita, Greek dolomite, Dolit Drama.
Background colour (and related quality): Marron or Normal or Especial or Extra or Semiwhite.
Stone colour, when it is translated to the local languages of the foreign wholesalers, distributors and traders, as all its types have been gaining in acceptance and appreciation in the international business: Bianco or Weiss or Weiß or Mármore Branco Pighes Branco marmore grego, Mármol Blanco Piges, Bianco Pigon, White Pigues, Semi Branco Pigues.
Slight alterations of the original name when it is described-translated to the local languages of the foreign wholesalers, distributors and traders: Branco Piges, Branco Piguê, Branco Pigues, Branco Piguês, Branco Pige, Bianco Lais, Pigon Weiss, Mármol Blanco Pighes, Blanc Piges, Blanco Dolomita de Grecia, Piighes, Marmara Pigon or Pighon.
"Marbel" or "granit" and other common spelling mistakes might also be occurred. Also, besides common misspellings, it might also be faulty referred as limestone, travertine, onyx or even granite.

Branco Pigues, Greek marbles

Greece, not accidentally, early became one of leading countries in quarrying & exportation. Since ancient times, Greeks were among the first who started the stone production. Of course, they were among the first who appreciated the beauty of the Greek marble types and used them in building fine monuments and sculpturing masterpieces. No wonder, in many languages, most of the terms that are used to define "marble" (such as mármore, mármol, mramor, marmor, marbre, мрамор, marmo, marmer, marmori, mermer, marmur, marmura, marmure, márvány etc.) are deriving from the greek word (gr) μάρμαρο–ν, sing.: μάρμαρο–ν, MAPMAPO-N (marmaro–n) & pl.: μάρμαρα, MAPMAPA (marmara) from the verb μαρμαίρω (marmairo) which means "to shine" ("shining" stone).


	Pighes White marble types
	Pighes White marble	Stone selection, generally speaking, is not based on official standards one can make reference to, as there are no "official" grades in this sector. So, usually sorting is based upon different criteria, resulting in each selected type to have its own different commercial name from one supplier or manufacturer to another. Pighes White marble types are usually sorted by starting from the highest quality to the lowest, from pure white background types with almost no veins or light veining to types with more veins or darker veins or lines.
	Blanco Dolomita, Piges marble	There are several factors that specify its commercial names starting from its extraction place. As usually, most of the Greek marble types are named after their quarry locations and as quarries are located near the homonymous village of Piges, it was self-evident for the stone to be named after the nearest village as "White of Pighes". Several other names based also on geographical locations, such as after the nearest city, are Pighes Drama White or Drama White Piges or Pigon Dramas White. Yet, there are more names based on other factors, such as:
	Mineral composition of Pighes White marble Mármore Branco Pigues	Stone’s Mineral composition: Blanco Dolomite, Dolomita Blanco, Pighes Blanco Dolomita, Greek dolomite, Dolit Drama. Background colour (and related quality): Marron or Normal or Especial or Extra or Semiwhite. Stone colour, when it is translated to the local languages of the foreign wholesalers, distributors and traders, as all its types have been gaining in acceptance and appreciation in the international business: Bianco or Weiss or Weiß or Mármore Branco Pighes Branco marmore grego, Mármol Blanco Piges, Bianco Pigon, White Pigues, Semi Branco Pigues. Slight alterations of the original name when it is described-translated to the local languages of the foreign wholesalers, distributors and traders: Branco Piges, Branco Piguê, Branco Pigues, Branco Piguês, Branco Pige, Bianco Lais, Pigon Weiss, Mármol Blanco Pighes, Blanc Piges, Blanco Dolomita de Grecia, Piighes, Marmara Pigon or Pighon. "Marbel" or "granit" and other common spelling mistakes might also be occurred. Also, besides common misspellings, it might also be faulty referred as limestone, travertine, onyx or even granite.
	Branco Pigues, Greek marbles	Greece, not accidentally, early became one of leading countries in quarrying & exportation. Since ancient times, Greeks were among the first who started the stone production. Of course, they were among the first who appreciated the beauty of the Greek marble types and used them in building fine monuments and sculpturing masterpieces. No wonder, in many languages, most of the terms that are used to define "marble" (such as mármore, mármol, mramor, marmor, marbre, мрамор, marmo, marmer, marmori, mermer, marmur, marmura, marmure, márvány etc.) are deriving from the greek word (gr) μάρμαρο–ν, sing.: μάρμαρο–ν, MAPMAPO-N (marmaro–n) & pl.: μάρμαρα, MAPMAPA (marmara) from the verb μαρμαίρω (marmairo) which means "to shine" ("shining" stone).
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