Corsi Collection of Decorative Stones

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Corsi 620, approx. 145 x 73 x 40 mm, © Oxford University Museum of Natural History

OUMNH Number: 620  
Name and quarry location: Serpentina di Genova, from Genoa, Liguria, Italy  
Geological description: Silicified serpentinite. Rounded fragments of serpentinite with abundant euhedral to granular oxide inclusions in minor quartz matrix. The edges of the fragments have blue-green reaction rims.  
Comments:  
References: Borghini (1997) 210-211; Jervis (1862) 26-28; Jervis (1889) 253-254; Price (2007) 184; Watson (1916) 426-428  
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Corsi's classification: Class 7. Serpentines; ii. Common serpentines  
Corsi's text: 152.45 Serpentina di Genoa  

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