Corsi 147, approx. 145 x 73 x 40 mm, © Oxford University Museum of Natural History
| OUMNH Number: | 147 |
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| Name and quarry location: | Bigio antico, marmor Lesbium, from Moria, Island of Lesbos, North Aegean, Greece |
| Geological description: | A very coarse-grained graphite-bearing calcite marble. |
| Comments: | This stone is almost certainly marmor Lesbium from Moria, Island of Lesbos, Greece. Nos. 147 and 148 are adjacent slabs cut from the same block of marble. |
| References: | Borghini (1997) 158-159; Corsi (1845) 106; Higgins (1996) 133-135; Lazzarini (1999a); Price (2007) 75 |
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| Corsi's classification: | Class 1. Marbles; Section 2. Veined marbles; Species 10. Grey marbles; i. Ancient grey marbles |
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| Corsi's text: | 62.9 Bigio antico. Marmor Batthium. Battio. Bigio lumachellato chiaro |