Corsi 691, approx. 145 x 73 x 40 mm, © Oxford University Museum of Natural History
| OUMNH Number: | 691 |
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| Name and quarry location: | Breccia di Torrita, from Torrita Tiberina, near Rome, Lazio, Italy |
| Geological description: | Polymict conglomerate of limestone pebbles, bordering on compact calcite travertine. The cement is calcarenite. There is extensive brown filler. |
| Comments: | In his Catalogo Ragionato Corsi explains that half this specimen is of the beautiful alabaster of Orte. Orte is about 41km from Torrita Tiberina, and is a different travertine deposit. |
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| Further information: |
Alabaster-travertine.pdf |
| Corsi's classification: | Class 10. Pudding-stones; ii. Italian pudding-stones |
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| Corsi's text: | 165.9 Breccia di Torrita near Rome |