Corsi Collection of Decorative Stones

view of stone 200

Corsi 200, approx. 145 x 73 x 40 mm, © Oxford University Museum of Natural History

OUMNH Number: 200  
Name and quarry location: Mandolato di Carteletto, from the area north of Verona, perhaps Castelletto di Brenzone, Verona, Veneto, Italy; or from Brentónico, Trentino, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy  
Geological description: Fossiliferous burrowed biomicrite limestone crowded with bioclasts, spar-filled bivalve and gastropod shells. Colour mottling is diagenetic.  
Comments: The Verona/Vicenza area, Veneto, Italy is indicated as the provenance by the black number painted on the reverse (see pdf of further information about Verona specimens). No place called Carteletto has been located, and Corsi may mean Castelletto, ie Castelleto di Brenzone. Brentónico, in Trentino, about 20km northeast, has been suggested as the correct locality.  
References:  
Further information: Verona.pdf
 


Corsi's classification: Class 1. Marbles; Section 2. Veined marbles; Species 12. Veined marbles of Italy  
Corsi's text: 71.22 Mandolato di Carteletto  

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