Corsi 75, approx. 145 x 73 x 40 mm, © Oxford University Museum of Natural History
| OUMNH Number: | 75 |
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| Name and quarry location: | Marmo nero di Trapani, perhaps marmo nero di Erice from Monte San Giuliano; Trapani, Sicily, Italy |
| Geological description: | Bioclastic limestone with abundant black recrystallised relics of microfossils. The side of the specimen shows the black coloration is constrained by calcite-filled microfractures giving the effect of pietra paesina (ruin marble). |
| Comments: | A number of black or dark grey limestones from Sicily used for decorative purposes are described by Montana & Briuccia (1998). They include a compact blackish limestone from Monte San Giuliano, in the province of Trapani, known as nero d'Erice, also mentioned by Jervis (1889). |
| References: | Jervis (1889) 458; Montana & Briuccia (1998) |
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| Corsi's classification: | Class 1. Marbles; Section 1. Monochrome marbles; Species 6. Black marbles |
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| Corsi's text: | 40.5 Nero di Trapani |