Corsi 734, approx. 145 x 73 x 40 mm, © Oxford University Museum of Natural History
| OUMNH Number: | 734 |
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| Name and quarry location: | Sicilian jasper, diaspro-agata di Selinunte, from Selinunte, near Marinella, Trapani, Sicily, Italy |
| Geological description: | Yellow brecciated jasper with chalcedony matrix, faintly agate banded in places with few translucent red/yellow bands. Note crystalline quartz-filled fractures contain layers of ?muscovite crystals. |
| Comments: | Tata (1772) describes a jasper-agate from Selinunte which has bright yellow clasts, but in an icy clear matrix. |
| References: | Jervis (1881) 193-318; Jervis (1889) 449-482; Montana & Briuccia (1998); Price (2007) 246-247; Schmidt (2002); Tata (1772) 32 |
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| Corsi's classification: | Class 14. Quartz and its varieties; Species 5. Agate |
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| Corsi's text: | 184.12 Agata di Selinunta in Sicilia |