| OUMNH Number: |
781
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| Name and quarry location: |
Sicilian jasper, diaspro di Moardo, from Monte Moardo, Altofonte, Palermo, Sicily, Italy
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| Geological description: |
Silicified polymict limestone breccia, of fractured clasts with a drusy overgrowth of white quartz crystals in turn coated with agate. Matrix is orange iron-stained or white granular quartz. Note relic microfauna.
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| Comments: |
This striking siliceous breccia comes from Monte Moarda, south of Monreale. Borch refers to various jaspers from Moarda (Montana, 1998; 34-35), and Tata (1772) says Moardo is near to Parco (now Altofonte).
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| References: |
Jervis (1881) 193-318; Jervis (1889) 449-482; Montana & Briuccia (1998) 34-35; Price (2007) 246-247; Schmidt (2002); Tata (1772) 25
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