Marble analysis, 4807
White marble
Marble origin: Paros (Paros-Marathi) (Greece)
Mineralogy: calcite
Texture: heteroblastic
Maximum grain size (MGS): 2.10 mm
δ18OV-PDB: -2.79 ‰
δ13CV-PDB: 4.80 ‰
Cathodoluminescence color: purple
Cathodoluminescence intensity: weak
Cathodoluminescence distribution: homogeneous
All data are in accordance with Paros (Paros-Marathi) as the marble origin.
D. Decrouez & K. Ramseyer (1998, 2016)
4807; Roman marble portrait
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 120 sec. Long side of photograph: 3.3 mm