Corsi Collection of Decorative Stones

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Corsi 780, approx. 145 x 73 x 40 mm, © Oxford University Museum of Natural History

OUMNH Number: 780  
Name and quarry location: Sicilian jasper, diaspro di Taormina, from Taormina, Messina, Sicily, Italy  
Geological description: Quartzite, coloured red by iron-bearing solutions emanating from fractures.  
Comments: This is not a jasper, and really belongs with Corsi's 'arenaria'.  
References: Jervis (1881) 193-318; Jervis (1889) 449-482; Montana & Briuccia (1998); Price (2007) 246-247; Schmidt (2002)  
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Corsi's classification: Class 14. Quartz and its varieties; Species 6. Jasper; ii. Italian jaspers  
Corsi's text: 190.33 Diaspro di Taormina... di Sicilia  

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