| OUMNH Number: |
190
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| Name and quarry location: |
Marmo giallo di Saltrio, from Saltrio, Milan, Lombardy, Italy
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| Geological description: |
Recrystallised limestone or marble, with calcite-filled fractures, and with ferruginous orange stylolites.
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| Comments: |
Saltrio is better known for grey marbles although it does yield a dark yellow compact limestone according to Jervis (1889). However this stone looks rather like giallo antico from Chemtou, Tunisia, a point noted since the early 20th century. However, it fluoresces yellow under longwave uv radiation, a property not shared by other samples of giallo antico in Corsi collection.
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| References: |
Jervis (1889) 99-100
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