Corsi Collection of Decorative Stones

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Corsi 282, approx. 145 x 73 x 40 mm, © Oxford University Museum of Natural History

OUMNH Number: 282  
Name and quarry location: Stellaria rossa di Verona, from Verona, Veneto, Italy  
Geological description: Recrystallised colonial scleractinian coral with spar-filled voids. Interstices between coralites are filled with yellow bioclastic limestone.  
Comments: Locality is probably correct, but has not been confirmed.  
References:  
Further information: Verona.pdf
 


Corsi's classification: Class 1. Marbles; Section 3. Lumachellas; ii. Italian lumachellas  
Corsi's text: 86.50 Stellaria rossa di Verona  

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