Corsi 474, approx. 145 x 73 x 40 mm, © Oxford University Museum of Natural History
| OUMNH Number: | 474 |
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| Name and quarry location: | breccia di Taormina, from Taormina, Messina, Sicily, Italy; or perhaps breccia della Villa Casali, locality unknown |
| Geological description: | Polymict breccia of limestone clasts in red micritic matrix. |
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| References: | Borghini (1997) 190; Corsi (1825) 113-114; Price (2007) 147 |
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| Corsi's classification: | Class 1. Marbles; Section 5. Breccias; ii. Italian Breccias |
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| Corsi's text: | 123.53 Breccia di Taormina |