Corsi 370, approx. 145 x 73 x 40 mm, © Oxford University Museum of Natural History
| OUMNH Number: | 370 |
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| Name and quarry location: | Alabastra di Monte Alcino, from Montalcino, Siena, Tuscany, Italy |
| Geological description: | A reddish brown very coarsely crystalline banded calcite travertine with ferruginous inclusions running parallel or perpendicular to banding. |
| Comments: | Jervis (1889) writes 'Trovasi in certa quantità presso Castelnuova dell'Abbate, sotto forma di grandi ammassi sottostanti a straticelli di travertino.' Merrill (1893) also writes that 'at Castelnuova dell'Abate, in the commune of Monte Alcino, considerable quantities [of cave marble] are found underlying a Quaternary travertine.' The placename is now generally abbreviated to Montalcino. |
| References: | Jervis (1889) 332; Merrill (1893) 580 |
| 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: | 102.37 Alabastra di Monte Alcino in Toscana |