Corsi 127, approx. 145 x 73 x 40 mm, © Oxford University Museum of Natural History
| OUMNH Number: | 127 |
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| Name and quarry location: | 'Marmo bianco e nero d'Egitto', locality unknown |
| Geological description: | Black fine-grained limestone with en echelon veins of white fibrous calcite, and with stylolites. |
| Comments: | This stone has not been recognised as coming from Egypt and its source is not known. The fibrous nature of the calcite veining is a feature that is also seen in no. 129 from Portoferraio, Isle of Elba. It has also been suggested this stone is a variety of bigio morato from Chios, Greece. |
| References: | Corsi (1845) 111 |
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| Corsi's classification: | Class 1. Marbles; Section 2. Veined marbles; Species 6. Black and white marbles |
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| Corsi's text: | 54.3 Marmo bianco e nero d'Egitto. Marmor Luculleum. Luculleo... Cavavasi in un'isola del Nilo, ed alcuni credano che fosse quella di Meroe, oggi Gueguere... Marmo d'Egitto |