Marble analysis, 4762
White marble
Marble origin: Paros (Paros-Choriodaki) (Greece)
Mineralogy: calcite
Texture: heteroblastic
Maximum grain size (MGS): 2.45 mm
δ18OV-PDB: -0.96 ‰
δ13CV-PDB: 3.24 ‰
Cathodoluminescence color: brown-pink and brown-purple
Cathodoluminescence intensity: weak
Cathodoluminescence distribution: heterogeneous
Stable isotope data fall in a zone where different source areas (i.e. Carrara, Hymettus, Paros, Thasos, Marmara) overlap and the data are inconclusive. However, the MGS, the texture and the brown-pink color of luminescence support Paros-Choriodaki as the origin of this marble.
D. Decrouez & K. Ramseyer (1998, 2016)
4762; Head of a youth

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 180 sec. Long side of photograph: 3.3 mm
