Corsi Collection of Decorative Stones

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view of stone 350

Corsi 350, approx. 145 x 73 x 40 mm, © Oxford University Museum of Natural History

side view of stone 350

side view of stone 350, approx. 145 x 73 x 40 mm, © Oxford University Museum of Natural History

OUMNH Number: 350  
Name and quarry location: Alabastro di Camerino, from Camerino, Ancona, Marches, Italy  
Geological description: Compact banded travertine composed of very coarse, transparent, to very fine, translucent calcite.  
Comments: Alabastro di Camerino is listed in Zuccagni-Orlandini's Corografica fisica of 1843, suggesting it was still worked about that time.  
References: Zuccagni-Orlandini (1843) 565  
Further information: Alabaster-travertine.pdf
 


Corsi's classification: Class 1. Marbles; Section 4. Concretionary marbles; Species 1. Alabasters; ii. Italian alabasters  
Corsi's text: 100.17 Alabastro di Camerino  

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