Corsi 192, approx. 145 x 73 x 40 mm, © Oxford University Museum of Natural History
| OUMNH Number: | 192 |
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| Name and quarry location: | Rosso della Corona, probably from Monte Corona, near Umbertide, Perugia, Umbria, Italy |
| Geological description: | Limestone from the Scaglia Rossa Formation (Cretaceous-Eocene). A bioturbated fossiliferous biomicrite crowded with planktonic forams. Note the salmon-pink stylolites. |
| Comments: | The Monte Corona to which Corsi refers, is almost certainly that near Umbertide in Perugia, a source of pink limestones of this kind, used for example in the façade of the castle of Santa Giuliana in Umbertide (Giammartini, 2010). |
| References: | Giammartini (2010) |
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| Corsi's classification: | Class 1. Marbles; Section 2. Veined marbles; Species 12. Veined marbles of Italy |
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| Corsi's text: | 70.14 Rosso della Corona nel Milanese |