Marble analysis, 69.16.A
Portrait of Arsinoe Philopator III
White marble
Marble origin: Paros (Paros-Stefani or Paros-Chorodaki) (Greece)
Mineralogy: calcite
Texture: heteroblastic
Maximum grain size (MGS): 2.14 mm
δ18OV-PDB: -2.72 ‰
δ13CV-PDB: 3.28 ‰
Cathodoluminescence color: purple
Cathodoluminescence intensity: weak
Cathodoluminescence distribution: homogeneous
The isotopic values are situated in the Paros and Marmara fields, two marbles with blue luminescence. It seems most probable that this statue was carved from a marble of Paros.
D. Decrouez & K. Ramseyer (1998, 2016)
69.16.A; Portrait of Arsinoe Philopator III 
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 160 sec. Long side of photograph: 3.3 mm 