Corsi 48, approx. 145 x 73 x 40 mm, © Oxford University Museum of Natural History
| OUMNH Number: | 48 |
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| Name and quarry location: | Marmo giallo di Mizolle, from Mizolle, Val Pantena, Verona, Veneto, Italy |
| Geological description: | Sparry yellow limestone with scattered rhombohedral crystals of calcite, and with intraclasts of white fine-grained limestone. Dark coloured speckling is pyrite and wax filler. |
| Comments: | The painted number on the back of the specimen indicates a Verona/Vicenza provenance for this specimen (see Verona.pdf for more information). Jervis (1889) refers to a limestone/marble quarry at Mizzole. Nos. 43, 45 and 48 all contain similar conspicuous rhombic microcrystals of calcite, and are all said to be from Mizzole. |
| References: | Jervis (1889) 144 |
| Further information: |
Verona.pdf |
| Corsi's classification: | Class 1. Marbles; Section 1. Monochrome marbles; Species 3. Yellow marbles ii. Yellow marbles of Italy |
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| Corsi's text: | 32.14 Giallo di Mizolle in Val Pantena |