Corsi 182, approx. 145 x 73 x 40 mm, © Oxford University Museum of Natural History
| OUMNH Number: | 182 |
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| Name and quarry location: | Rosa corallo, from Verona, Veneto, Italy; Torri del Benaco is doubtful. |
| Geological description: | Limestone from the Scaglia Rossa Formation (Cretaceous-Eocene). A fossiliferous biomicrite with abundant tiny bioclasts and large intraclasts floating in matrix, probably a debris flow. Note the conspicuous stylolites. |
| Comments: | This stone was obtained from various locations in Verona and Vincenza areas. |
| References: | Pieri (c.1958) 307, tav.XVI; Price (2007) 114 |
| 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: | 69.4 Rosso di Torri ne'colli Euganei |