Corsi Collection of Decorative Stones

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Corsi 429, approx. 145 x 73 x 40 mm, © Oxford University Museum of Natural History

OUMNH Number: 429  
Name and quarry location: Corallina di Carrara, from Carrara, Massa e Carrara, Tuscany, Italy  
Geological description: Marble breccia, medium-grained calcite marble clasts in a granular ferruginous calcite matrix. It is heavily fractured, the fractures filled with calcite.  
Comments: This locality has not been confirmed.  
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Corsi's classification: Class 1. Marbles; Section 5. Breccias; ii. Italian Breccias  
Corsi's text: 118.8 Corallina di Carrara  

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