Corsi 338, approx. 145 x 73 x 40 mm, © Oxford University Museum of Natural History
| OUMNH Number: | 338 |
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| Name and quarry location: | Marmo rosa di Stalavena, from Stalavena di Grezzana, Val Pantena, Verona, Veneto, Italy |
| Geological description: | Not a travertine and so incorrectly classified as alabaster. This is a bioclast-rich burrowed micritic limestone with stylolites and spar-filled fractures. |
| Comments: | The Verona/Vicenza area, Veneto, Italy is indicated as the provenance by the black number painted on the reverse (see pdf of further information about Verona specimens). This is not a travertine. |
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| Further information: |
Verona.pdf |
| Corsi's classification: | Class 1. Marbles; Section 4. Concretionary marbles; Species 1. Alabasters; ii. Italian alabasters |
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| Corsi's text: | 98.5 Alabastro di Stalavena presso Verona |