Marble analysis, 4723
Fragment of the head of a youth
White marble
Marble origin: Göktepe (Turkey)
Mineralogy: calcite
Texture: heteroblastic
Maximum grain size (MGS): 0.70 mm
δ18OV-PDB: -2.55 ‰
δ13CV-PDB: 2.62 ‰
Cathodoluminescence color: blue and dark blue
Cathodoluminescence intensity: weak
Cathodoluminescence distribution: heterogeneous
Stable isotope data fall in a zone where different source areas (i.e. Carrara, Hymettus, Paros, Thasos, Marmara, Afyon, Göktepe) overlap and the data are inconclusive. However, the MGS, the texture and the blue color of luminescence support Göktepe as the origin of this marble.
D. Decrouez & K. Ramseyer (1998, 2016)
4723; Fragment of the head of a youth 
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 90 sec. Long side of photograph: 3.3 mm 