Corsi 322, approx. 145 x 73 x 40 mm, © Oxford University Museum of Natural History
side view of stone 322, approx. 145 x 73 x 40 mm, © Oxford University Museum of Natural History
| OUMNH Number: | 322 |
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| Name and quarry location: | Alabastro a giaccione, locality unknown |
| Geological description: | Compact finely banded travertine composed of coarsely crystalline brown calcite coating a fossiliferous limestone. Note the abundant fractures. |
| Comments: | This is not the ice-clear alabastro a giaccione of Circeo (see Corsi no.304). |
| References: | |
| 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: | 96.29 Alabastro antico. Marmor Alabastrum. Alabastro a giaccione... la cava [era al] Tebaide oggi Sayd. |