Corsi Collection of Decorative Stones

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Corsi 521, approx. 145 x 73 x 40 mm, © Oxford University Museum of Natural History

OUMNH Number: 521  
Name and quarry location: Broccatello di Sentro, from the Verona area, Veneto, Italy. 'Sentro' is perhaps Centro.  
Geological description: Brecciated limestone containing scattered yellow euhedral rhombs of calcite, and dendritic manganese oxides.  
Comments: The painted number on the back of the specimen indicates a Verona/Vicenza provenance for this limestone (see Verona.pdf for more information). This might be Centro, a small commune northeast of Tregnano. However all the other specimens containing small yellow crystals of calcite like this, come from Mizzole. See for example the previous specimen, no. 520.  
References:  
Further information: Verona.pdf
 


Corsi's classification: Class 1. Marbles; Section 6. Argillaceous stones; ii. Dendritic clays  
Corsi's text: 130.5 Broccatello di Sentro  

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