Marbles from Roman Hispania: stable isotope and cathodoluminescence characterization |
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| Authors: | M. Pilar Lapuente Bruno Turi Philippe Blanc |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Departamento de Geodinámica, Universidad de Granada, 18071 Granada, Spain;2. Instituto Geológico y Minero de España, Ríos Rosas 23, 28003, Madrid, Spain;3. Instituto Andaluz de Ciencias de la Tierra, CSIC-Universidad de Granada, 18071 Granada, Spain;4. Water Resources and Environmental Geology, University of Almería, 04120 Almería, Spain;1. Department of Physics, University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, AL 35899, United States;2. Department of Chemistry, University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, AL 35899, United States;3. Materials Science Graduate Program, University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, AL 35899, United States;4. Sentinel Inc., 4733 Commercial Drive, Huntsville, AL 35816, United States;1. Géosciences Montpellier, CNRS & Université de Montpellier, Place E. Bataillon, 34095 cedex 5, Montpellier, France;2. Instituto Andaluz de Ciencias de la Tierra, CSIC & UGR, Avenida de las Palmeras 4, 18100 Armilla (Granada), Spain;3. Departamento de Mineralogía y Petrología, Universidad de Granada, Av. Fuentenueva s/n, 18002 Granada, Spain;4. Department of Geology, Faculty of Sciences, University Abdelmalek Essaadi, Av. Khenifra, 93000 Tetouan, Morocco;5. Laboratoire Magmas et Volcans, CNRS & Université Blaise Pascal, 5 rue Kessler, 63038 Clermont-Ferrand, France |
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| Abstract: | Pure white marble has been considered a valuable ornamental and architectural material since ancient times. Many scientific techniques have been used to create an extensive data base of “finger-prints” characterizing white marbles from the major classical quarries. However, determining the provenance of white marbles is a difficult task due to their similarity in physical and chemical parameters. Three techniques (petrography, cathodoluminescence and stable C and O isotopes) have been used to characterize white marbles from the ancient quarries of the Iberian Peninsula. Maximum grain size, texture and isotopic composition can be used to identify the different quarries. Each area is generally represented by several cathodomicrofacies, but quantitative CL analysis is also helpful in distinguishing those quarries for which the data provided by other techniques are not sufficiently diagnostic. The database and the discriminating criteria presented in this study have been tentatively applied to some ancient sculptures from the National Museum of Roman Art in Merida (Spain). |
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