Corsi 732, approx. 145 x 73 x 40 mm, © Oxford University Museum of Natural History
| OUMNH Number: | 732 |
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| Name and quarry location: | Sicilian jasper, diaspro-agata di Monreale, from Monreale, Palermo, Sicily, Italy |
| Geological description: | Brecciated brown jasper with matrix and fracture fills of colourless crystalline quartz. |
| Comments: | From the area around Monreale, south-west of Palermo, Sicily, where, according to Jervis and Tata, many varieties of jasper and agate were obtained. |
| References: | Jervis (1881) 210-211; Jervis (1889) 454; Montana & Briuccia (1998); Price (2007) 246-247; Schmidt (2002); Tata (1772) passim. |
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| Corsi's classification: | Class 14. Quartz and its varieties; Species 5. Agate |
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| Corsi's text: | 184.10 Agata di Monte Reale in Sicilia |