Corsi Collection of Decorative Stones

view of stone 743

Corsi 743, approx. 145 x 73 x 40 mm, © Oxford University Museum of Natural History

OUMNH Number: 743  
Name and quarry location: Diaspro antico, locality unknown  
Geological description: Siliciified limestone or ironstone rich in relic shells of microfossils, and crossed by many slender fractures filled with colourless quartz. Some stylolites are present.  
Comments: It is not known where this stone was quarried.  
References: Corsi (1845) 225-226  
Further information:
 


Corsi's classification: Class 14. Quartz and its varieties; Species 6. Jasper; i. Antique jaspers  
Corsi's text: 186.1 Diaspro. Jaspis. Diaspro antico  

Full entry in English

Enter some search terms
Show results as:

search tips

Searches the database for all stone records containing the words you enter. To search for a text string, put it between quotation marks. To search for stone records that don't contain a word, put a minus sign in front of it.

For example, entering: granite "coarse-grained" -Egypt will find all the coarse-grained granites that do not come from Egypt.

Terms of three characters or less have not been indexed.