Corsi 737, approx. 145 x 73 x 40 mm, © Oxford University Museum of Natural History
| OUMNH Number: | 737 |
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| Name and quarry location: | Sicilian jasper, diaspro-agata di Caccamo, from Caccamo, Palermo, Sicily, Italy |
| Geological description: | Brecciated jasper with yellow brown-dark brown clasts. Colourless crystalline quartz matrix has areas of chalcedony with botryoidal surface clearly visible in some places. |
| Comments: | Jaspers and agates from Caccamo, Prov. di Palermo, Sicily, Italy are described by Tata (1772) and Jervis (1881, 1889). |
| References: | Jervis (1881) 207; Jervis (1889) 451; Montana & Briuccia (1998); Price (2007) 246-247; Schmidt (2002); Tata (1772) 19, 28 |
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| Corsi's classification: | Class 14. Quartz and its varieties; Species 5. Agate |
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| Corsi's text: | 184.15 Agata di Caccamo in Sicilia |