Marble analysis, 4755
White marble
Marble origin: Paros (Paros-Choriodaki) (Greece)
Mineralogy: calcite
Texture: heteroblastic
Maximum grain size (MGS): 1.75 mm
δ18OV-PDB: -2.98 ‰
δ13CV-PDB: 2.01 ‰
Cathodoluminescence color: brown-pink
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 brown-pink color of luminescence support Paros-Choriodaki as the origin of this marble.
D. Decrouez & K. Ramseyer (1998, 2016)
4755; Statue of Athena from Rome 
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 60 sec. Long side of photograph: 3.3 mm 