Corsi 518, approx. 145 x 73 x 40 mm, © Oxford University Museum of Natural History
| OUMNH Number: | 518 |
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| Name and quarry location: | Rosso di Fuligno, from Foligno, Perugia, Umbria, Italy |
| Geological description: | Calcarenite, with no obvious biogenic grains. Patchy areas of pyrite, and scattered dendrites of manganese/iron oxides are present. |
| Comments: | Jervis (1889) makes no reference to a pink or red limestone from Foligno, in Perugia, only a whitish compact one. |
| References: | Jervis (1889) 344 |
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| Corsi's classification: | Class 1. Marbles; Section 6. Argillaceous stones; ii. Dendritic clays |
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| Corsi's text: | 129.2 Rosso di Fuligno |