Corsi 20, approx. 145 x 73 x 40 mm, © Oxford University Museum of Natural History
| OUMNH Number: | 20 |
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| Name and quarry location: | Marmo bianco di Parma, from Parma, Italy (not confirmed) |
| Geological description: | White fine-grained limestone (micrite/micosparite) with abundant tiny bioclasts including calispheres/radiolarians, and with prominent stylolites. |
| Comments: | Jervis (1879) mentions just one locality in the province of Parma, Calestano, for calcareous rocks used for ornamental purposes, a grey marble employed for the columns in the palazzo reale in Parma. Corsi's locality for this specimen is unlikely to be correct. |
| References: | Jervis (1879) 190 |
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| Corsi's classification: | Class 1. Marbles; Section 1. Monochrome marbles; Species 2. Palombinos |
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| Corsi's text: | 27.9 Bianco di Parma |