Marble analysis, 63.5.A
Head of an Eros from a Roman sarcophagus
White marble
Marble origin: Marmara (Turkey)
Mineralogy: calcite
Texture: heteroblastic
Maximum grain size (MGS): 2.21 mm
δ18OV-PDB: -1.46 ‰
δ13CV-PDB: 2.59 ‰
Cathodoluminescence color: blue
Cathodoluminescence intensity: weak
Cathodoluminescence distribution: homogeneous
The isotopic values are situated in the Paros and Marmara fields, two marbles with blue luminescence. The MGS and the texture support Marmara as the origin of this marble.
D. Decrouez & K. Ramseyer (1999, 2016)
63.5.A; Head of an Eros from a Roman sarcophagus 
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 120 sec. Long side of photograph: 3.3 mm 