OUMNH Number: | 439 |
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Name and quarry location: | Breccia rossa di Trapani, rosso di Castellammare, from Castellammare, Trapani, Sicily, Italy |
Geological description: | Jurassic-Cretaceous burrowed red, nodular micritic pelagic limestone with abundant thin-shelled bivalve (Bositra) debris. Note solution seams. |
Comments: | Jervis (1889) records a dull red compact limestone containing Jurassic ammonites from this locality. |
References: | Jervis (1889) 457 |
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Corsi's classification: | Class 1. Marbles; Section 5. Breccias; ii. Italian Breccias |
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Corsi's text: | 119.18 Breccia rossa di Trapani |