Corsi Collection of Decorative Stones

| return to catalogue
view of stone 719

Corsi 719, approx. 145 x 73 x 40 mm, © Oxford University Museum of Natural History

OUMNH Number: 719  
Name and quarry location: Jasper, locality unknown  
Geological description: This appears to be a largely silicified oolitic ironstone or oolitic ironstone breccia. Swarms of sub-parallel dark brown fractures give the impression of wood grain.  
Comments: There is no clear evidence that this was wood, and so the specimen more correctly belongs with Corsi's 'diaspri' (jaspers).  
References:  
Further information:
 


Corsi's classification: Class 14. Quartz and its varieties; Species 3. Petrified wood  
Corsi's text: 180.6 Legni pietrificati  

Full entry in English

| return to catalogue
Enter some search terms
Show results as:

search tips

Searches the database for all stone records containing the words you enter. To search for a text string, put it between quotation marks. To search for stone records that don't contain a word, put a minus sign in front of it.

For example, entering: granite "coarse-grained" -Egypt will find all the coarse-grained granites that do not come from Egypt.

Terms of three characters or less have not been indexed.

Funded by Esmée Fairbairn Foundation Oxford University Museum of Natural History University of Oxford