OUMNH Number: | 233 |
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Name and quarry location: | Most probably Chiampo, from Vicenza or Venezia, Veneto, Italy |
Geological description: | Fossiliferous microsparite limestone with bivalves and abundant large and small benthic foraminifera. It has limestone intraclasts, calcite-filled veins, and stylolites coloured by red filler or polishing compound. |
Comments: | This appears to be one of the Eocene limestones rich in foraminifera, obtained in the Chiampo valley and nearby areas. It is still quarried today. Prato is a source of green serpentine, of which there are a number of examples in Corsi's collection. Perhaps this stone was used in the Duomo or other buildings in Prato, but it would not have been quarried there. |
References: | Price (2007) 169 |
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Corsi's classification: | Class 1. Marbles; Section 3. Lumachellas; ii. Italian lumachellas |
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Corsi's text: | 80.1 Lumachella di Prato |