Lexikon

Marble analysis, 86.5.A

Torso of a cloaked man


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

 

Mineralogy: calcite
Texture: heteroblastic
Maximum grain size (MGS): 1.40 mm
δ18OV-PDB: -2.82 ‰
δ13CV-PDB: 4.12 ‰
Cathodoluminescence color: dark purple
Cathodoluminescence intensity: weak
Cathodoluminescence distribution: homogeneous

All data are in accordance with Paros (Paros-Marathi) as the marble origin. 
 

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