OUMNH Number: | 47 |
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Name and quarry location: | Marmo giallo di Torri del Benaco, giallo di Verona, Verona yellow, from Torri del Benaco, Verona, Veneto, Italy |
Geological description: | Fine-grained fossiliferous bioclast-rich limestone, burrowed, and showing prominent stylolites. |
Comments: | The painted number on the back of the specimen indicates a Verona/Vicenza provenance for this limestone (see Verona.pdf for more information). Corsi's locality is now called Torri del Benaco, and is correct. |
References: | Pieri (1954) 40-41; Price (2007) 94; Watson (1916) 80, 204 |
Further information: |
Verona.pdf |
Corsi's classification: | Class 1. Marbles; Section 1. Monochrome marbles; Species 3. Yellow marbles ii. Yellow marbles of Italy |
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Corsi's text: | 32.13 Giallo di Torri presso il lago di Garda |