Corsi 497, approx. 145 x 73 x 40 mm, © Oxford University Museum of Natural History
| OUMNH Number: | 497 |
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| Name and quarry location: | Rosso Verona, from Verona, Veneto, Italy |
| Geological description: | Limestone from the Jurassic Rosso Ammonitico formation. A red nodular, micritic limestone with pervasive clay-coated solution seams. |
| Comments: | This is a typical rosso verona, and is neither a breccia nor from Milan. |
| References: | CPMRV (n.d.); Dubarry de Lassale (2000) 92-93; Jervis (1889) 133-145; Pieri (1954) 44; Pieri (c.1958) tav.XX; Price (2007) 115; Watson (1916) 202-203 |
| Further information: |
Verona.pdf |
| Corsi's classification: | Class 1. Marbles; Section 5. Breccias; ii. Italian Breccias |
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| Corsi's text: | 126.76 Breccia di Milano |