Marble analysis, 50.398
Votive relief: hunting rider
White marble
Place of origin: unknown
Two samples were analyzed: 50.398 A and 50.398 B
Mineralogy: calcite
Texture: heteroblastic
Maximum grain size (MGS): 1.86 mm (50.398 A); 1.28 mm (50.398 B)
δ18OV-PDB: -7.77 ‰ (50.398 A); -7.90 ‰ (50.398 B)
δ13CV-PDB: 1.95 ‰ (50.398 A); 1.93 ‰ (50.398 B)
Cathodoluminescence color: brown-pink
Cathodoluminescence intensity: weak
Cathodoluminescence distribution: homogeneous
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)
50.398: Votive relief: hunting rider 
50.398: Votive relief: hunting rider 
50.398 A;
Microfacies under transmitted light.
Long side of photograph: 3.3 mm 
50.398 A;
Microfacies under polarized light.
Long side of photograph: 3.3 mm 
50.398 A;
Cathodomicrofacies, exposure time 100 sec.
Long side of photograph: 3.3 mm 
50.398 B;
Microfacies under transmitted light.
Long side of photograph: 3.3 mm 
50.398 B;
Microfacies under polarized light.
Long side of photograph: 3.3 mm 
50.398 B;
Cathodomicrofacies, exposure time 100 sec.
Long side of photograph: 3.3 mm 