Marble analysis, 5886
White marble
Marble origin: Paros (Paros-Choriodaki) (Greece)?
Mineralogy: calcite
Texture: heteroblastic
Maximum grain size (MGS): 0.70 mm
δ18OV-PDB: -3.04 ‰ -3.31 ‰ -3.51 ‰
δ13CV-PDB: 2.05 ‰ 2.58 ‰ 2.45 ‰
Cathodoluminescence color: blue pink
Cathodoluminescence intensity: weak
Cathodoluminescence distribution: homogeneous
Stable isotope data fall in a zone where different source areas (i.e. Marmara, Paros, Hymettus, Naxos, Afyon, Göktepe, Carrara, Thasos, Aphrodisias, Pentelikon) overlap and the data are inconclusive. The texture and the color of luminescence support Paros as the origin of this marble. However, the small size of the analysed sample may cause doubts to a Parian provenance.
D. Decrouez & K. Ramseyer (2019)
5886; Youth head 
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 15 sec. Long side of photograph: 3.3 mm 