Marble in Israel : A. Shadmon. Ministry of Development, State of Israel, Jerusalem, 1965, 56 pp., 36 fig., 2 tables

Abstract

The booklet Marble in Israel is announced to be the first in a series of reports on the mineral building commodities of Israel, which series will summarize the information available on the subject at the Quarries Section of the Israel Geological Survey and the Office of the Controller of Mines. Shadman has brought together geological, technical and commercial information on the marble industry, particularly to make this available to the building industry. To that end also the wide definition of marble as any calcareous rock capable of taking a polish, has been adopted. In fact, Israel marbles are generally of a non-metamorphic nature. About half of the publication is taken up by a geographical survey of the quarries, presenting the exact location of each, ownership, brief geological information, main properties of the quarried rock and some production details. In the remainder of the book subjects like qualities of Israel marble, technical tests, quarrying methods, drilling methods, the wiresaw, quarry development, fabrication and marketing are briefly treated.