Corsi 593, approx. 145 x 73 x 40 mm, © Oxford University Museum of Natural History
| OUMNH Number: | 593 |
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| Name and quarry location: | Marmo di Santa Cattarina dell'Elba, from the island of Elba, Livorno, Tuscany, Italy |
| Geological description: | Serpentinite, finely brecciated and veined with calcite. |
| Comments: | Jervis (1889) records an ophicalcite obtained 2km from 'Rio nell'Elba' in a place called Santa Caterina'. Zuccagni-Orlandini (1842) describes the stone as 'superb'. The brecciation is particularly small and even, in Corsi's samples (nos.593, 963) and in samples seen in other museums. |
| References: | Jervis (1889) 415; Zuccagni-Orlandini (1842) 10, 112 |
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| Corsi's classification: | Class 7. Serpentines; ii. Common serpentines |
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| Corsi's text: | 149.18 Marmo di S.Cattarina dell'Elba |