Corsi 218, approx. 145 x 73 x 40 mm, © Oxford University Museum of Natural History
| OUMNH Number: | 218 |
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| Name and quarry location: | Lumachella antica, occhio di pavone bianco, perhaps from Verona, Veneto, Italy |
| Geological description: | Limestone; a fossiliferous micrite/microsparite crowded with recrystallised bivalve debris. |
| Comments: | William Brindley thought this specimen came from Verona, according to Porter, c.1905. Borghini (1989) introduces confusion by incorrectly matching Corsi's description for occhio di pavone bigio with this specimen, rather than no.221 which despite its pinkish colour, Corsi described as 'bigio'. |
| References: | Borghini (1997) 257-258; Corsi (1825) 77; Corsi (1845) 118-119; Lazzarini (2003); Porter (c.1905) 34; Price (2007) 155 |
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| Corsi's classification: | Class 1. Marbles; Section 3. Lumachellas; i. Ancient lumachellas |
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| Corsi's text: | 76.4 Lumachella antica. Marmor Conchyte. Occhio di Pavone bianco... provenissero dall'Asia, o dall'Africa.... i scarpellini Romani ne assegnano capricciosamente le cave ora all' Arabia, ora all' Egitto, ed ora alla Tebaide |