Marble analysis, 69.15.2.A
White marble
Marble origin: Paros (Paros-Choriodaki) (Greece) or Marmara (Turkey)?
Mineralogy: calcite
Texture: heteroblastic
Maximum grain size (MGS): 1.75 mm
δ18OV-PDB: -3.00 ‰
δ13CV-PDB: 2.53 ‰
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. It seems most probable that this statue was carved from a marble of Paros-Choriodaki, but we do not exclude an origin of Marmara.
D. Decrouez & K. Ramseyer (2001, 2016)
69.15.2.A; Marble torso 
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 