Corsi 594, approx. 145 x 73 x 40 mm, © Oxford University Museum of Natural History
| OUMNH Number: | 594 |
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| Name and quarry location: | Serpentina verde di Genova, from Genoa, Liguria, Italy |
| Geological description: | Brecciated serpentinite. Broken clasts of pale green serpentine, platey 'striped' dark green serpentine and brown/white marble in a matrix of brown and white calcite. |
| Comments: | Mary Porter wrote in c.1905 that 'Arthur Lee says this is quarried at Pietra Lavarezza near Genoa.' but this may be a reference to Lee's book. |
| References: | Jervis (1862) 26-28; Jervis (1889) 253-254; Lee (1888); Porter (c.1905) typed translation of Corsi's Catalogo, OUMNH archive; Price (2007) 184; Watson (1916) 426-428 |
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| Corsi's classification: | Class 7. Serpentines; ii. Common serpentines |
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| Corsi's text: | 149.19 Verde di Genova |