Corsi 156, approx. 145 x 73 x 40 mm, © Oxford University Museum of Natural History
| OUMNH Number: | 156 |
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| Name and quarry location: | Bardiglio, from Carrara, Massa e Carrara, Tuscany, Italy |
| Geological description: | A folded sheared limestone breccia, now a calcite marble, some layers with either finely disseminated graphite or sulphide minerals. The grain-size of the calcite ranges from very coarse to fine. |
| Comments: | This is correctly identified by Corsi. |
| References: | Borghini (1997) 153; Corsi (1845) 153; Jervis (1862); Jervis (1889) 260-300; Price (2007) 72; Watson (1916) 192-194 |
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| Corsi's classification: | Class 1. Marbles; Section 2. Veined marbles; Species 10. Grey marbles; ii. Grey Italian marbles |
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| Corsi's text: | 64.7 Bardiglio chiaro di Carrara |