Marble analysis, 4126
Head of a man from an Attic funerary monument
White marble
Marble origin: Pentelikon (Greece)
Mineralogy: calcite and dolomite
Texture: heteroblastic
Maximum grain size (MGS): 0.81 mm
δ18OV-PDB: -6.44 ‰
δ13CV-PDB: 2.87 ‰
Cathodoluminescence color: yellow to 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)
4126; Head of a man from an Attic funerary 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 8 sec. Long side of photograph: 3.3 mm
