Corsi 552, approx. 145 x 73 x 40 mm, © Oxford University Museum of Natural History
| OUMNH Number: | 552 |
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| Name and quarry location: | Gesso di Faenza, from Faenza, Ravenna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy |
| Geological description: | Calcite-cemented breccia with small angular gypsum clasts, patches of micritic limestone and smaller dark grains. |
| Comments: | Faenza, in Ravenna, is probably correct. Jervis (1889) refers to two localities in the vicinity of Faenza; Riolo and Brisighella, both yielding large quantites of gypsum. |
| References: | Jervis (1889) 201-202 |
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| Corsi's classification: | Class 3. Gypsums |
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| Corsi's text: | 136.9 Gesso di Faenza |