Corsi 353, approx. 145 x 73 x 40 mm, © Oxford University Museum of Natural History
| OUMNH Number: | 353 |
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| Name and quarry location: | Alabastro eburneo d'Orte from Orte, Viterbo, Lazio, Italy |
| Geological description: | A compact, fine-grained and finely banded, pure calcite travertine. |
| Comments: | According to Jervis (1889), Orte, between Viterbo and Terni, is a source of 'alabastri' and Mary Porter writing in 1966, confirmed her view that this stone was from Orte. |
| References: | Jervis (1889) 249-350 |
| Further information: |
Alabaster-travertine.pdf |
| Corsi's classification: | Class 1. Marbles; Section 4. Concretionary marbles; Species 1. Alabasters; ii. Italian alabasters |
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| Corsi's text: | 101.20 Alabastro eburneo d'Orte |