Corsi Collection of Decorative Stones

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Corsi 675, approx. 145 x 73 x 40 mm, © Oxford University Museum of Natural History

OUMNH Number: 675  
Name and quarry location: Basalte fiorita, locality unknown  
Geological description: Serpentinised metabasalt with rounded aggregates of crystallites. Some small vesicles are filled with dark calcite.  
Comments: It is not known where this stone was quarried.  
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Corsi's classification: Class 9. Basalts; i. Ancient basalts  
Corsi's text: 161.5 Basalte fiorita  

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