Corsi 54, approx. 145 x 73 x 40 mm, © Oxford University Museum of Natural History
| OUMNH Number: | 54 |
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| Name and quarry location: | Marmo carnagione di Terni, perhaps from the province of Terni, Italy |
| Geological description: | Limestone, probably from the Scaglia Rossa Formation (Upper Cretaceous). A bioturbated fossiliferous biomicite with abundant tiny planktonic forams and calcispheres. Bioclasts are calcite filled. Many sub-parallel slender calcite-filled fractures are evident, as are a few manganese oxide dendrites. |
| Comments: | There is no reference to this pink limestone in Jervis (1889), and the locality has not been confirmed. |
| References: | Jervis (1889) 345-346 |
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| Corsi's classification: | Class 1. Marbles; Section 1. Monochrome marbles; Species 4. Flesh-coloured marbles |
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| Corsi's text: | 34.4 Carnagione di Terni |