A PRELIMINARY EVALUATION OF CHEMICAL DATA (TRACE ELEMENT) FROM CLASSICAL MARBLE QUARRIES IN THE MEDITERRANEAN

Abstract

ABSTRACTS Minor and trace elements (K, Sr, Ba, Al, Fe, Mn, Si, Ti) have been measured in marbles from classical mediterranean quarries (Afyon, Denizli, Aphrodisias, Ephesus, Marmara and Carrara). A distinctive characterization of the classical marble sources by means of such chemical parameters seems very difficult, although some distinctions can be attempted between a few different areas and zones, within an area.