Corsi 136, approx. 145 x 73 x 40 mm, © Oxford University Museum of Natural History
| OUMNH Number: | 136 |
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| Name and quarry location: | most probably giallo e nero di Carrara, from Carrara, Massa e Carrara, Tuscany, Italy |
| Geological description: | Very poorly sorted breccia of black fine-grained weakly metamorphosed limestone in a white calcareous matrix; most of the stone is one larger clast which is crossed with white and ferruginous yellow veins. Note the yellow stylolites and stylolitic clast boundary. |
| Comments: | This stone is also thought most likely to be from Carrara, see nos. 131 and 132. |
| References: | Corsi (1845) 112; Gnoli (1988) 180; Jervis (1862) 5; Price (2007) 87; Wirsing (1775) |
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| Corsi's classification: | Class 1. Marbles; Section 2. Veined marbles; Species 7. Yellow and black marbles |
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| Corsi's text: | 56.6 Giallo e nero di Calabria |