Corsi Collection of Decorative Stones

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Corsi 682, approx. 145 x 73 x 40 mm, © Oxford University Museum of Natural History

OUMNH Number: 682  
Name and quarry location: Pudingo antico, locality unknown  
Geological description: Polymict conglomerate with clasts of quartz, chert, silicified limestone, and dolomitic limestone. The matrix is calcareous.  
Comments: It is not known where this stone was quarried.  
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Corsi's classification: Class 10. Pudding-stones; i. Antique pudding-stones  
Corsi's text: 163.4 [Pudingo antico]  

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