OUMNH Number: | 442 |
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Name and quarry location: | Breccia di Mastro Simone, from S.Angelo Romano, Roma, Lazio, Italy |
Geological description: | Limestone; a burrowed nodular biopel-micrite, perhaps from the Jurassic Rosso ammonitico formation. |
Comments: | Sant'Angelo di Capoccia, a town in the province of Rome near Tivoli, takes its name from a 13th century feudo called Capoccia. It is now called Sant'Angelo Romano. It is in an area of limestone with karst features.Jervis (1889) describes a brecciated limestone with small 'elementi' of pink on a reddish-brown ground from Sant'Angelo in Capoccia, which may be this stone. It should not be confused with pietra Simona, a sandstone, found in some collections. |
References: | Jervis (1889) 353 |
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Corsi's classification: | Class 1. Marbles; Section 5. Breccias; ii. Italian Breccias |
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Corsi's text: | 119.21 Breccia di Mastro Simone ...cavasi nel Territorio di S.Angelo in Capoccia presso Tivoli |