Corsi Collection of Decorative Stones

| return to catalogue
view of stone 544

Corsi 544, approx. 145 x 73 x 40 mm, © Oxford University Museum of Natural History

OUMNH Number: 544  
Name and quarry location: Gesso di Castellina Marittima, alabastro di Castellina Marittima, alabastro di Volterra, from Castellina Marittima, Pisa, Tuscany, Italy  
Geological description: Fine-grained compact gypsum (alabaster) with calcite-filled fractures.  
Comments: From upper Miocene evaporite deposits close to the Marmolaio River, west of Castellina Marittima, Province of Pisa, Tuscany, Italy (Jervis, 1889; 318-9; Dallan, 1969; 36).  
References: Dallan (1969) 36; Jervis (1889) 318-326; Price (2007) 46; Stolzuoli (c.1997)  
Further information:
 


Corsi's classification: Class 3. Gypsums  
Corsi's text: 135.1 Gesso della Castellina in Toscana  

Full entry in English

| return to catalogue
Enter some search terms
Show results as:

search tips

Searches the database for all stone records containing the words you enter. To search for a text string, put it between quotation marks. To search for stone records that don't contain a word, put a minus sign in front of it.

For example, entering: granite "coarse-grained" -Egypt will find all the coarse-grained granites that do not come from Egypt.

Terms of three characters or less have not been indexed.

Funded by Esmée Fairbairn Foundation Oxford University Museum of Natural History University of Oxford