Corsi 205, approx. 145 x 73 x 40 mm, © Oxford University Museum of Natural History
| OUMNH Number: | 205 |
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| Name and quarry location: | Fior di pesco (fior di persico), from Eretria, Euboea, Central Greece |
| Geological description: | Triassic tectonite. A sheared marble breccia with late-stage calcite-filled veins and fractures |
| Comments: | Giazza refers to a community in the Monte Lessini area, north of Verona, but this stone is undoubtedly a fior di pesco from Eretria, Greece (see Corsi nos. 118-122), and not from the Verona area. |
| References: | Borghini (1997) 212; Corsi (1845) 100-101; Higgins (1996) 85-86; Lazzarini (2002b); Lazzarini (2002c) 260-261; Mielsch (1985) 57-58, taf.16; Price (2007) 128 |
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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: | 72.27 Africano della Giazza nel Veronese |