OUMNH Number: | 338 |
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Name and quarry location: | Marmo rosa di Stalavena, from Stalavena di Grezzana, Val Pantena, Verona, Veneto, Italy |
Geological description: | Not a travertine and so incorrectly classified as alabaster. This is a bioclast-rich burrowed micritic limestone with stylolites and spar-filled fractures. |
Comments: | The Verona/Vicenza area, Veneto, Italy is indicated as the provenance by the black number painted on the reverse (see pdf of further information about Verona specimens). This is not a travertine. |
References: | |
Further information: |
Verona.pdf |
Corsi's classification: | Class 1. Marbles; Section 4. Concretionary marbles; Species 1. Alabasters; ii. Italian alabasters |
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Corsi's text: | 98.5 Alabastro di Stalavena presso Verona |