Verd antique

It is a dark, dull green, white-mottled (or white-veined) serpentine, mixed with calcite, dolomite, or magnesite, which takes a high polish.

[3] Non-brecciated varieties of a very similar serpentinite, sometimes also called "verd antique", have been quarried at Victorville, California;[4] Cardiff, Maryland;[5] Holly Springs, Georgia;[6] and Rochester in Addison County, Vermont.

[7] Verd antique is used like marble especially in interior decoration and occasionally as outdoor trim, although the masses are frequently jointed and often only small slabs can be secured.

Columns, ambons, iconostasis, and fonts of verd antique are found in the Church of the Acheiropoietos, Hagios Demetrios, and Hagia Sophia, Thessaloniki.

In ancient Neapolis, a Thessalian stone outside a church dedicated to Saint Nicholas is said to mark where the Apostle Paul disembarked for Philippi.

[9] Thirteen Roman imperial sarcophagi of the Byzantine period were of verd antique, according to the Patria Constantinopoleos and the works of Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus.

Verd antique column in the Church of Saints Sergius and Bacchus (now the Küçuk Ayasofya Camii ) in Istanbul , Turkey (527-536 CE).
Museum bust with green verd antique drapery and an ancient Roman white Parian marble head of Agrippina Minor
Eighteenth century verde antico bust, with an ancient Parian marble head of Agrippina minor , Rhode Island School of Design Museum .
Four huge verd antique columns in the interior of Hagia Sophia
Sixth century verde antico Roman columns in Byzantium's Hagia Sophia