Corsi 179, approx. 145 x 73 x 40 mm, © Oxford University Museum of Natural History
| OUMNH Number: | 179 |
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| Name and quarry location: | Rosso di Malcesine, from Malcesine, Verona, Veneto, Italy |
| Geological description: | Limestone. A bioturbated fossiliferous biomicrite with abundant planktonic forams and calcispheres. It has extensive development of orange-red stylolites. |
| Comments: | The Verona/Vicenza area, Veneto, Italy is indicated as the provenance by the number painted on the reverse (see pdf of further information about Verona specimens). Malcesine, Prov. di Verona, Italy, may be correct, but Jervis (1889) records only a red compact limestone from Malcesine, saying the quarry is near the hamlet of Basi on the coast of Lake Garda. |
| References: | Jervis (1889) 133 |
| Further information: |
Verona.pdf |
| Corsi's classification: | Class 1. Marbles; Section 2. Veined marbles; Species 12. Veined marbles of Italy |
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| Corsi's text: | 69.1 Rosso di Malsosina nel Veronese |