Corsi Collection of Decorative Stones

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Corsi 841, approx. 145 x 73 x 40 mm, © Oxford University Museum of Natural History

OUMNH Number: 841  
Name and quarry location: Granite antico, locality unknown; or more probably granito di Corsica, from Corsica, France  
Geological description: Coarse-grained granite-granodiorite with large pink perthitic megacrysts of potash feldspar. It contains scattered euhedral grains of titanite.  
Comments: This stone bears a superficial resemblance to granito violetto (marmor Troadense) see no.819. However it is thought to be from Corsica, a stone that was imported by the Medici during Renaissance times for use in pietre dure work.  
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Corsi's classification: Class 16. Granites; i. Antique granite  
Corsi's text: 207.29 Granito antico. Marmor Syenite. Marmo Sienite... [trovata] presso la città di Siene sul confine fra Egitto, e l'Etiopia... Pyrrhopoecilon... Psaronion...Aethiopicum perchè... era Siene sul confine dell' Etiopia.  

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