OUMNH Number: | 563 |
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Name and quarry location: | Marmo polveroso di Pistoia, from Pistoia, Tuscany, Italy |
Geological description: | Micritic limestone with abundant planktonic foraminifera. |
Comments: | Pistoia is almost certainly correct. Blagrove (1888) writes: 'This marble [polveroso], which has a black ground sprinkled with small white and grey spots, is quarried at Pistoja, in Tuscany'. |
References: | Blagrove (1888) 99-100 |
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Corsi's classification: | Class 5. Slates |
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Corsi's text: | 140.4 Marmo polveroso di Pistoja |