Marble analysis, 4734
Veiled female head from an Athenian grave monument
White marble
Marble origin: Pentelikon (Greece)
Mineralogy: calcite and dolomite
Texture: heteroblastic
Maximum grain size (MGS): 0.93 mm
δ18OV-PDB: -7.88 ‰
δ13CV-PDB: 2.57 ‰
Cathodoluminescence color: yellow to orange-brown, dark brown and red
Cathodoluminescence intensity: weak to strong depending on the place (aspect of cooling embers)
Cathodoluminescence distribution: heterogeneous
All data are in accordance with Pentelikon as the marble origin.
D. Decrouez & K. Ramseyer (1997, 2016)
4734; Veiled female head from an Athenian grave monument 
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 12 sec. Long side of photograph: 3.3 mm 