Corsi 565, approx. 145 x 73 x 40 mm, © Oxford University Museum of Natural History
| OUMNH Number: | 565 |
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| Name and quarry location: | Verde antico, from Larissa, Thessaly, Greece |
| Geological description: | A breccia of serpentinite, schistose calc-silicate and crystalline marble clasts in a lime-green serpentinite matrix. |
| Comments: | Verde antico from Lárisa (Larissa), Thessaly, Greece. The quarries were re-opened sometime between 1895 and 1905, for the first time since the reign of the Emperor Justinian (483-565). A similar breccia has been obtained from northern Italy which formerly could be distinguished by an absence of white marble clasts, however marble clasts may present in more recently quarried material. |
| References: | Borghini (1997) 292-293; Brindley (1897); Corsi (1845) 160-161; Dubarry de Lassale (2000) 204-205; Gnoli (1971) 136-138; Higgins (1996) 92; Lazzarini (2002c) 261-262; Mango (1972) 86; Mielsch (1985) 63-64, taf.20; Price (2007) 186-187; Rogers (2008) 33-35 |
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| Corsi's classification: | Class 7. Serpentines; i. Noble serpentines |
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| Corsi's text: | 142.1 Verde antico. Marmor Atracium ... cavavasi presso la Città di Atrace nella Tessaglia |