Table 2 Petrographic Analysis of Samples from Garden Furniture of the Casa dei Vettii, Pompei

Sample No.

Accessory Minerals

Quartz K-mica Plagioclase Epidote Grafite

Opaque Minerals

Maximum

Grain

Size

Shape of sides of calcite crystals

Structure

Fabric

Provenience

Notes

2

+

+

         

0.88

Curved/with gulfs

HE

LINEATED

Penteli

 

3

+

-

         

2.16

Embayed/sutured

HE

MORTAR

Proconnesos

 

6

           

2.00

Curved

HE

MOSAIC

Paros 2

 

8

           

1.36

Embayed

HE

MOSAIC

Paros 2

 

9

           

0.48

Sutured

HE

MOSAIC

STS. INTERLOCKED

Lesbos

 

11

           

0.50

Straight

HO

POLYGONAL

Lunense

 

16

           

1.64

Sutured

HE

MORTAR

Thasos Vathy

 

19

           

1.04

Sutured

HE

MOSAIC

SLIGHTLY STRESSED(?)

Paros 2

 

23

           

3.55

embayed

HE

MORTAR

SLIGHTLY STRESSED (?)

Proconnesos