Corsi Collection of Decorative Stones

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Corsi 697, approx. 145 x 73 x 40 mm, © Oxford University Museum of Natural History

OUMNH Number: 697  
Name and quarry location: Breccia di Roma, from Rome, Lazio, Italy  
Geological description: Polymict conglomerate. Clasts are predominantly limestone, but some are dolomitic and some siliceous. The matrix is calcarenite. Some brown is goethite, but some is filler/polishing compound.  
Comments: This locality has not been confirmed.  
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Corsi's classification: Class 10. Pudding-stones; ii. Italian pudding-stones  
Corsi's text: 165.15 Breccia di Roma  

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