OUMNH Number: | 19 |
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Name and quarry location: | Palombino di Ancona, from Ancona, Marche, Italy is not confirmed but may be correct. |
Geological description: | Burrowed micritic limestone with patchily distributed planktonic forams and other bioclasts. It is possibly a variety of 'calcare massiccio'. |
Comments: | Corsi's provenance may be correct. A limestone used for construction and manufacture of lime was quarried at Monte Conero, according to Jervis (1889). A similar stone labelled argilla bianca called Palombino of Ancona is in Corsi's table of modern stones, in the Natural History Museum, London. |
References: | Jervis (1889) 212. Other examples: NHM London Corsi tabletop (modern) 9I. |
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Corsi's classification: | Class 1. Marbles; Section 1. Monochrome marbles; Species 2. Palombinos |
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Corsi's text: | 27.8 Palombino di Ancona |