Corsi Collection of Decorative Stones

view of stone 145

Corsi 145, approx. 145 x 73 x 40 mm, © Oxford University Museum of Natural History

OUMNH Number: 145  
Name and quarry location: Bigio antico, probably marmor Lesbium, most probably from Moria, Island of Lesbos, North Aegean, Greece  
Geological description: Mylonitic marble. A coarse-grained lineated marble with patchy graphitic net-veins.  
Comments:  
References: Borghini (1997) 158-159; Corsi (1845) 106; Higgins (1996) 133-135; Lazzarini (1999a); Price (2007) 75  
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Corsi's classification: Class 1. Marbles; Section 2. Veined marbles; Species 10. Grey marbles; i. Ancient grey marbles  
Corsi's text: 62.7 Bigio antico. Marmor Batthium. Battio. Bigio Pario  

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