Corsi 27, approx. 145 x 73 x 40 mm, © Oxford University Museum of Natural History
| OUMNH Number: | 27 |
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| Name and quarry location: | Giallo antico, from Chemtou, Tunisia |
| Geological description: | Fine-grained limestone, extensively recrystallised through diagenesis, with spar-filled cavities. Distinct shear-texture visible. |
| Comments: | All Corsi's samples of giallo antico from Chemtou, Tunisia (0022-0034) are correctly identified, and they show 'quarry variation' particularly well. Giallo antico is regarded as the finest of all the yellow marbles, although the very best Siena marble can be comparable. The matrix in giallo antico is red or brown; that of brecciated varieites of Siena is purple. |
| References: | Blagrove (1888) 83; Borghini (1997) 214-215; Corsi (1845) 90-91; Lazzarini (2002c) 243-244; Mielsch (1985) 56, taf.15; Price (2007) 90-91; Watson (1916) 271-274 |
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| Corsi's classification: | Class 1. Marbles; Section 1. Monochrome marbles; Species 3. Yellow marbles, i. |
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| Corsi's text: | 29.6 Giallo antico. Marmor Numidicum. Dalla Numidia oggi Coste di Barbaria provincia dell'Africa, e precisamente alle falde del monte Maurisado... Giallo languido |