Marble analysis, 8423
White marble
Marble origin: Göktepe (Turkey)
Mineralogy: calcite
Texture: homeoblastic
Maximum grain size (MGS): 0.47 mm
δ18OV-PDB: -3.06 ‰
δ13CV-PDB: 2.16 ‰
Cathodoluminescence color: dark blue
Cathodoluminescence intensity: weak
Cathodoluminescence distribution: homogeneous
Stable isotope data fall in a zone where different source areas (i.e. Paros, Marmara, Carrara, Hymettus, Aphrodisias, Afyon, Naxos, Göktepe) overlap and the data are inconclusive. However, the MGS, the texture and the dark blue color of luminescence support Göktepe as the origin of this marble.
D. Decrouez & K. Ramseyer (1997, 2017)
8423; Youth head from Baalbeck 
Microfacies under transmitted light. Long side of photograph: 3.3 mm 
Microfacies under polarized light. Long side of photograph: 3.3 mm 
Cathodomicrofacies, exposure time 320 sec. Long side of photograph: 3.3 mm 