Corsi 566, approx. 145 x 73 x 40 mm, © Oxford University Museum of Natural History
| OUMNH Number: | 566 |
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| Name and quarry location: | Verde antico, from Larissa, Thessaly, Greece |
| Geological description: | Breccia with clasts mainly of serpentinite/ophicalcite, a few of marble; extensive scattered crystals of oxide minerals, in a serpentine and calcite matrix. Heavily fractured, many fractures are filled with cross-fibres of chrysotile serpentine. |
| Comments: | Verde antico from Lárisa (Larissa), Thessaly, Greece. See no. 565. |
| 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 (1976) 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: | 143.2 Verde antico. Marmor Atracium ... cavavasi presso la Città di Atrace nella Tessaglia |