Corsi Collection of Decorative Stones

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view of stone 568

Corsi 568, approx. 145 x 73 x 40 mm, © Oxford University Museum of Natural History

view of stone 568

view of stone 568, approx. 145 x 73 x 40 mm, © Oxford University Museum of Natural History

view of stone 568

view of stone 568, approx. 145 x 73 x 40 mm, © Oxford University Museum of Natural History

OUMNH Number: 568  
Name and quarry location: Serpentina 'verde ranocchia', locality unknown  
Geological description: Strongly-sheared and serpentinised ultramafic rock with abundant veinlets (some en echelon) and grains of oxide mineral within the serpentine, and minor veins of calcite.  
Comments: This stone is not from Egypt, and is not the stone now known as verde ranocchia  
References: Corsi (1845) 157-159  
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Corsi's classification: Class 7. Serpentines; i. Noble serpentines  
Corsi's text: 145.4 Altro verde ranocchia [Marmor ophite. Ofite... Plinio l'assegnò all' Egitto, ma Lucano con maggior precisione dice che si trovata nel Territorio di Tebe].  

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