OUMNH Number: | 344 |
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Name and quarry location: | Alabastro scuro di Collepardo, from Collepardo, Frosinone, Lazio, Italy |
Geological description: | Banded compact travertine composed of very fine-grained, grading to coarse-grained, columnar calcite. |
Comments: | Collepardo, southeast of Rome, is famous for its karst features and limestone caves containing dramatic speleothems which were first described at the beginning of the 19th century. A rather more orange-coloured variety than Corsi's is illustrated in Faramondi (1985), part of the collection of ornamental and building stones in the Servizio Geologico d'Italia. |
References: | Faramondi (1985) 30-31, 37 |
Further information: |
Alabaster-travertine.pdf |
Corsi's classification: | Class 1. Marbles; Section 4. Concretionary marbles; Species 1. Alabasters; ii. Italian alabasters |
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Corsi's text: | 99.11 Alabastro scuro di Collepardo |