Corsi Collection of Decorative Stones

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view of stone 322

Corsi 322, approx. 145 x 73 x 40 mm, © Oxford University Museum of Natural History

side view of stone 322

side view of stone 322, approx. 145 x 73 x 40 mm, © Oxford University Museum of Natural History

OUMNH Number: 322  
Name and quarry location: Alabastro a giaccione, locality unknown  
Geological description: Compact finely banded travertine composed of coarsely crystalline brown calcite coating a fossiliferous limestone. Note the abundant fractures.  
Comments: This is not the ice-clear alabastro a giaccione of Circeo (see Corsi no.304).  
References:  
Further information: Alabaster-travertine.pdf
 


Corsi's classification: Class 1. Marbles; Section 4. Concretionary marbles; Species 1. Alabasters; i. Antique alabaster  
Corsi's text: 96.29 Alabastro antico. Marmor Alabastrum. Alabastro a giaccione... la cava [era al] Tebaide oggi Sayd.  

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