Corsi 308, approx. 145 x 73 x 40 mm, © Oxford University Museum of Natural History
| OUMNH Number: | 308 |
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| Name and quarry location: | 'Alabastro fiorito', locality unknown |
| Geological description: | Compact finely banded calcite travertine. A hot spring deposit with some bands containing dendritic iron oxides, probably the result of cyanobacterial activity. |
| Comments: | This is probably not the stone that would today be called alabastro fiorito (see Corsi no.301). |
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| Further information: |
Alabaster-travertine.pdf |
| Corsi's classification: | Class 1. Marbles; Section 4. Concretionary marbles; Species 1. Alabasters; i. Antique alabaster |
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| Corsi's text: | 94.15 Alabastro antico. Marmor Alabastrum. Alabastro fiorito... la cava [era al] Tebaide oggi Sayd. |