Corsi Collection of Decorative Stones

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Corsi 485, approx. 145 x 73 x 40 mm, © Oxford University Museum of Natural History

OUMNH Number: 485  
Name and quarry location: breccia rossa Appenninica, from between Biassa and Pegazzano, La Spezia, Liguria, Italy  
Geological description: Burrowed stylolitised nodular limestone which has been tectonically modified.  
Comments:  
References: Borghini (1997) 189; Bruno (1999); Bruno (2002d) 280; Price (2007) 126  
Further information:
 


Corsi's classification: Class 1. Marbles; Section 5. Breccias; ii. Italian Breccias  
Corsi's text: 125.64 Breccia of Gherardesca in Toscana  

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