Corsi 164, approx. 145 x 73 x 40 mm, © Oxford University Museum of Natural History
| OUMNH Number: | 164 |
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| Name and quarry location: | Diaspro tenero di Sicilia, libeccio, from Bisaquino, Palermo, Sicily, Italy |
| Geological description: | Slumped green pelagic limestone with perhaps submarine cement infills of neptunian dykes. Note stylolites. Less fractures than the similar specimen no.171. |
| Comments: | Corsi says that he has followed Borch's 'Lythologie Sicilienne' (1778) in attributing names and quarry locations to his Sicilian soft jaspers, but not all his locations are mentioned by Borch, nor do descriptions always match. Jervis (1889) refers to a limestone quarried at Bisacquino, Province of Palermo. |
| References: | Borch (1778) 130-161; Corsi (1845) 155-156; Dubarry de Lassale (2005) 290; Evangelista (1998); Jervis (1889) 459; Montana (1998) 67-68; Price (2007) 150-151 |
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| Corsi's classification: | Class 1. Marbles; Section 2. Veined marbles; Species 11. Soft jaspers of Sicily |
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| Corsi's text: | 67.4 Diaspro tenero di Sicilia. Verde di Bisachino |