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Marble analysis, 98.5.A

Votive relief


White marble
Marble origin: unknown

 

Mineralogy: calcite
Texture: heteroblastic
Maximum grain size (MGS): 1 mm
δ18OV-PDB: -4.02 ‰
δ13CV-PDB: -0.24 ‰
Cathodoluminescence color: orange and brown-red
Cathodoluminescence intensity: weak
Cathodoluminescence distribution: heterogeneous

It is impossible to determine the origin of the marble used for this sculpture as no comparable reference material exists in our data bank.


D. Decrouez & K. Ramseyer (1998, 2016)