Corsi Collection of Decorative Stones

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Corsi 466, approx. 145 x 73 x 40 mm, © Oxford University Museum of Natural History

OUMNH Number: 466  
Name and quarry location: Breccia del Largo di Garda, from Lake Garda, Lombardy, Italy  
Geological description: Rosso ammonitico Middle-Upper Jurassic nodular pelagic limestone.  
Comments: Probably from one of the communes on the eastern shore of Lake Garda.  
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Corsi's classification: Class 1. Marbles; Section 5. Breccias; ii. Italian Breccias  
Corsi's text: 123.45 Breccia del Largo di Garda  

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