Lucullan

Lucullan describes things related to or created by people named Lucullus, most notably Lucullus (Lucius Licinius Lucullus, 118 BC–57/56 BC), Optimate politician of the late Roman Republic, consul (74 BC) and a general in the Third Mithridatic War. Due to the amount of treasure he returned to Rome, "Lucullan" is sometimes used as an adjective to signify lavishness.

Places

Marbles
  • Lucullan, a variety of Marble colored black by the inclusion of carbonaceous material,[1] used by Lucullus[2]
"supposed to have been brought from Meroe in Abyssinia; it sometimes showed small spots and veining of white, but the best quality was pure black."[3]
  • Lucullan marble also called Lucullite, a dark gray to nearly black marble from an island in the Nile River valley of Egypt.[4][5][6][1]
  • "Africano marble", is a carbonatic[7] breccia made of white/pinkish clasts mixed in a black-brown-reddish matrix. Has been called Lucullan marble[8]

See also

References
  1. "Lucullan: Mineral information, data and localities". Mindat.org. Retrieved 2020-04-07.
  2. "artnet Magazin". Artnet.com. 2005-09-29. Retrieved 2020-04-07.
  3. associate-jacob-kong. "Annual report of the State Mineralogist for the year ending ... : California State Mining Bureau : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive". Retrieved 2020-04-07.
  4. "GemRocks: Marble, Limestone, Dolostone". Stoneplus.cst.cmich.edu. 2015-02-18. Retrieved 2020-04-07.
  5. "Lucullan marble | MCID". Mcid.mcah.columbia.edu. Retrieved 2020-04-07.
  6. ), Pliny (the Elder (1857). "The Natural History of Pliny - Pliny (the Elder.) - Google Books". Retrieved 2020-04-07.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  7. M. H. Ballance. "The Origin of Africano". Retrieved 2020-04-07.
  8. "Africano marble - CAMEO". Cameo.mfa.org. 2016-04-29. Retrieved 2020-04-07.




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