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Article: Aphrodite marble mine beautifies Southeast: the search for this colorful rock brought entrepreneur Gary McWilliams into business.
- Article from:
- Alaska Business Monthly
- Article date:
- November 1, 2002
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She was the Greek goddess of love, beauty and sensual rapture. From aphros, or "sea foam," arose Aphrodite, and the sea carried her, Greek myth says, to either Cyprus or Cythera. There, husband Hephaestus lavished her with jewels and finely wrought gold, weaving magic into the filigree work.
Though this is a Greek tale, evidence of Aphrodite's presence in Southeast Alaska has been witnessed for years, as loggers and forest workers casually collect bits and pieces of a striking flesh-colored stone, laced with heart-shaped fossils of vivid color.
SEARCH FOR APHRODITE
It was more than 10 years ago that South-easterner Gary McWilliams spotted a ...