Marble analysis, 8420
White marble
Marble origin: Thasos (Greece)
Mineralogy: dolomite
Texture: heteroblastic
Maximum grain size (MGS): 2.45 mm
δ18OV-PDB: -4.04 ‰
δ13CV-PDB: 3.82 ‰
Cathodoluminescence color: red and dark red
Cathodoluminescence intensity: intermediate
Cathodoluminescence distribution: heterogeneous
The isotopic signature, the MGS, the texture and the cathodomicrofacies of this dolomitic marble support Thasos as the origin of this marble.
D. Decrouez & K. Ramseyer (1998, 2016)
8420; Head of a bald man

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 30 sec. Long side of photograph: 3.3 mm
