Corsi 431, approx. 145 x 73 x 40 mm, © Oxford University Museum of Natural History
| OUMNH Number: | 431 |
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| Name and quarry location: | Breccia pavonazzetto, from Iscehisar (Synnada), Afyonkarahisar Province, Turkey |
| Geological description: | Marble breccia; a heavily stylolitised, metamorphosed polymict limestone conglomerate, probably resedimented. |
| Comments: | This is a variety of pavonazzetto (marmor Phrygium) from Ischisar, Afyon, west central Turkey. |
| References: | Borghini (1997) 264-265; Price (2007) 130 |
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| Corsi's classification: | Class 1. Marbles; Section 5. Breccias; ii. Italian Breccias |
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| Corsi's text: | 118.10 Breccia degli Appennini |