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Marble analysis, 4730

Fragment of a fountain statue: girl with water jar

White marble
Marble origin: Pentelikon (Greece)

 

Two samples were analyzed: 4730 I and 4730 II
Mineralogy: calcite and dolomite
Texture: heteroblastic
Maximum grain size (MGS): 0.93 mm (4730 I)  0.98 mm (4730 II)
δ18OV-PDB: -4.75 ‰ (4730 I)  -4.19 ‰ (4730 II)
δ13CV-PDB: 2.71 ‰ (4730 I)  2.57 ‰ (4730 II)
Cathodoluminescence color: yellow to orange, 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 (2000, 2016)