OUMNH Number: | 126 |
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Name and quarry location: | Petit antique, from area around Hèche and Hèchettes, Hautes-Pyrénées, France |
Geological description: | Breccia of black and grey limestone clasts in a compact white granular calcite matrix. |
Comments: | Corsi’s criteria for distinguishing Proconnesian and Marmor Celticum is spurious, as both 125 and 126 are from France.The smaller sizes of the clasts, and the presence of grey clasts as well as black, distinguish petit antique from the otherwise similar grand antique (see no.125). Petit antique was probably also quarried in ancient times and has been extracted perhaps over a longer period of time than the grand antique. |
References: | Borghini (1997) 154-156; Corsi (1845) 110; Dubarry de Lassale (2000) 256-257; Mielsch (1985) 57, taf.16; Price (2007) 82-83; Watson (1916) 124-125; Zoppas (a) 204 |
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Corsi's classification: | Class 1. Marbles; Section 2. Veined marbles; Species 6. Black and white marbles |
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Corsi's text: | 54.2 Bianco e nero di Francia. Marmor Celticum... la cava fosse nelle vicinanze di Lione |