OUMNH Number: | 602 |
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Name and quarry location: | Serpentina di Cagliari, from Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy |
Geological description: | Serpentinite crossed by a reticulated array of veins rich in black oxide mineral grains. |
Comments: | The specimen appears to have been altered by light/pollution, and is green where it has been protected by the case mounting, brown where exposed to light. Jervis (1889) makes no reference to serpentine from Cagliari or anywhere else in Sardinia, suggesting that by the late 19th century, this stone (if correctly provenanced by Corsi), was no longer worked. |
References: | Jervis (1889) 419-448 |
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Corsi's classification: | Class 7. Serpentines; ii. Common serpentines |
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Corsi's text: | 150.27 Serpentina di Cagliari |