Corsi 500, approx. 145 x 73 x 40 mm, © Oxford University Museum of Natural History
bottom view of stone 500, approx. 145 x 73 x 40 mm, © Oxford University Museum of Natural History
| OUMNH Number: | 500 |
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| Name and quarry location: | 'Persichino di Romegiano', from Domegiano or Romagnano, Verona, Veneto, Italy |
| Geological description: | Fossiliferous micritic limestone with debris probably of bivalves. |
| Comments: | The painted number on the back of the specimen indicates a Verona/Vicenza provenance for this limestone (see Verona.pdf for more information). Corsi's 'Romegiano' appears to be a typographic error, and may be Romagnano, a village in Val Pantena, or Domegiano, a village in Val d'Illasi. The only stone from Romagnano recorded in Jervis (1889) is a red-marbled breccia that does not match this stone. Corsi's description of the colour, apple-green, is particularly inaccurate; compare this with no. 511 which is of a light green colour. |
| References: | Jervis (1889) 143 |
| Further information: |
Verona.pdf |
| Corsi's classification: | Class 1. Marbles; Section 6. Argillaceous stones; i. Common clays |
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| Corsi's text: | 127.1 Persechino di Romegiano nel Veronese |