OUMNH Number: | 480 |
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Name and quarry location: | Breccia di Val di Radi, breccia di Siena, from Valle di Radi, Siena, Tuscany, Italy |
Geological description: | Sheared micritic limestone with plastic deformation features, weakly metamorphosed. |
Comments: | This stone is most certainly from Siena, and may be from the Val di Radi, on Montagnola, an area of marble quarrying which was better known for grey marble. |
References: | Price (2007) 92 |
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Corsi's classification: | Class 1. Marbles; Section 5. Breccias; ii. Italian Breccias |
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Corsi's text: | 124.59 Breccia di Val di Radi |