Corsi 731, approx. 145 x 73 x 40 mm, © Oxford University Museum of Natural History
| OUMNH Number: | 731 |
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| Name and quarry location: | Sicilian jasper, diaspro-agata di Giuliana, from Giuliana, Palermo, Sicily, Italy |
| Geological description: | Brecciated brown jasper; agate matrix is patchy with hematitic inclusions in some bands; crystalline quartz fills voids. Buff-coloured areas are filler. |
| Comments: | From Giuliana, Province of Palermo, Sicily, Italy, where, according to Jervis and Tata, many varieties of jasper and agate were obtained. |
| References: | Jervis (1881) 225-226; Jervis (1889) 459; Montana & Briuccia (1998) 79; Price (2007) 246-247; Schmidt (2002); Tata (1772) 13-14 |
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| Corsi's classification: | Class 14. Quartz and its varieties; Species 5. Agate |
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| Corsi's text: | 184.9 Agata di Giuliano in Sicilia |