Marble analysis, 4724
Fragment of a hero’s face from a relief
White marble
Marble origin: Pentelikon (Greece)
Mineralogy: calcite and dolomite
Texture: heteroblastic
Maximum grain size (MGS): 0.58 mm
δ18OV-PDB: -5.52 ‰
δ13CV-PDB: 2.61 ‰
Cathodoluminescence color: yellow to orange, dark brown and red
Cathodoluminescence intensity: weak to strong depending of the place (aspect of cooling embers)
Cathodoluminescence distribution: heterogeneous
All data are in accordance with Pentelikon as the marble origin.
D. Decrouez & K. Ramseyer (2001, 2016)
4724; Fragment of a hero’s face from a relief 
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 20 sec. Long side of photograph: 3.3 mm 