OUMNH Number: | 967 |
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Name and quarry location: | Porfido serpentino antico, from Krokees (Levetsova), Laconia, Peloponnese, Greece |
Geological description: | Deformed porphyritic microdiorite (plagioclase-biotite?), feldspar replaced by aggregates of epidote. There is primary sub-parallel orientation of the porphyroblasts of replaced feldspars. |
Comments: | This is probably a variety of porfido serpentino antico from Krokees in Greece. |
References: | Price (2007) 206-207; Rogers (2008) 43-44; Zezza (2002) |
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Corsi's classification: | Class 7. Serpentines; ii. Common serpentines |
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Corsi's text: | 152.50/ S22.5 Altra dello stesso luogo [Serpentina di Carrara] |