Corsi 780, approx. 145 x 73 x 40 mm, © Oxford University Museum of Natural History
| OUMNH Number: | 780 |
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| Name and quarry location: | Sicilian jasper, diaspro di Taormina, from Taormina, Messina, Sicily, Italy |
| Geological description: | Quartzite, coloured red by iron-bearing solutions emanating from fractures. |
| Comments: | This is not a jasper, and really belongs with Corsi's 'arenaria'. |
| References: | Jervis (1881) 193-318; Jervis (1889) 449-482; Montana & Briuccia (1998); Price (2007) 246-247; Schmidt (2002) |
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| Corsi's classification: | Class 14. Quartz and its varieties; Species 6. Jasper; ii. Italian jaspers |
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| Corsi's text: | 190.33 Diaspro di Taormina... di Sicilia |