Marble analysis, 4756

White marble
Marble origin: Paros (Paros-Choriodaki) (Greece)

Mineralogy: calcite
Texture: heteroblastic
Maximum grain size (MGS): 1.51 mm (4756); 1.6 mm (ad 4756)
δ¹⁸O_V-PDB: -1.60 ‰ (4756); -2.47 ‰ (ad 4756)
δ¹³C_V-PDB: 2.84 ‰ (4756); 2.20 ‰ (ad 4756)
Cathodoluminescence color: brown-pink (4756); blue (ad 4756)
Cathodoluminescence intensity: weak
Cathodoluminescence distribution: homogeneous

Stable isotope data fall in a zone where different source areas (i.e. Carrara, Marmara, Paros, Hymettus, Aphrodisias, Afyon, Göktepe, Naxos) overlap and the data are not conclusive. However, the MGS, the texture and the color of luminescence of the two samples (brown-pink and blue) support Paros-Choriodaki as the origin of this marble.

D. Decrouez & K. Ramseyer (1998, 2014, 2016)

4756; Statue of Athena from Chios

4756; Microfacies under transmitted light. Long side of photograph: 3.3 mm

4756; Microfacies under polarized light. Long side of photograph: 3.3 mm

4756; Cathodomicrofacies, exposure time 120 sec. Long side of photograph: 3.3 mm

4756 ad; Microfacies under transmitted light. Long side of photograph: 3.3 mm

4756 ad; Microfacies under polarized light. Long side of photograph: 3.3 mm

4756 ad; Cathodomicrofacies, exposure time 180 sec. Long side of photograph: 3.3 mm

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Marble analysis, 4756