Marble analysis, 4053
Head of Aphrodite
White marble
Marble origin: Thasos (Greece)
Mineralogy: dolomite
Texture: heteroblastic
Maximum grain size (MGS): 1.98 mm
δ18OV-PDB: -3.88 ‰
δ13CV-PDB: 3.17 ‰
Cathodoluminescence color: red
Cathodoluminescence intensity: intermediate
Cathodoluminescence distribution: homogeneous
The mineralogy, the isotopic signature, the MGS, the texture and the color of luminescence of this marble support Thasos as the origin of this marble.
D. Decrouez & K. Ramseyer (1998, 2017)
4053; Head of Aphrodite 
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 35 sec. Long side of photograph: 3.3 mm 