Corsi Collection of Decorative Stones

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Corsi 644, approx. 145 x 73 x 40 mm, © Oxford University Museum of Natural History

OUMNH Number: 644  
Name and quarry location: Pietra del Vesuvio, from Mt. Vesuvius, Naples, Campania, Italy  
Geological description: Olivine basalt/ankaramite. An altered porphyritic basic volcanic/dyke rock with phenocrysts of subhedral to euhedral pyroxene, olivine, and plagioclase. Calcite fills the amygdales.  
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Corsi's classification: Class 8. Volcanic stones; i. Stones from Vesuvius  
Corsi's text: 155.24 Pietre del Vesuvio  

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