Corsi 595, approx. 145 x 73 x 40 mm, © Oxford University Museum of Natural History
side view of stone 595, approx. 145 x 73 x 40 mm, © Oxford University Museum of Natural History
| OUMNH Number: | 595 |
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| Name and quarry location: | Serpentina di Chiavari, from Chiavari, Genoa, Liguria, Italy |
| Geological description: | Altered peridotite. The green is mainly fine actinolite; whitish areas are scattered with tiny opaque flakes perhaps of chromite. The dark coloured oxide, probably magnetite, has with brown and green-black reaction rims. |
| Comments: | Locality is probably correct. Jervis (1881) refers to magnetite in the serpentine from Chiavari. |
| References: | Jervis (1881) 511 |
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| Corsi's classification: | Class 7. Serpentines; ii. Common serpentines |
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| Corsi's text: | 149.20 Serpentina di Chiavari |