Corsi 835, approx. 145 x 73 x 40 mm, © Oxford University Museum of Natural History
| OUMNH Number: | 835 |
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| Name and quarry location: | Granito nero, from between Aswan and Shellal District, Nile Valley, Egypt |
| Geological description: | Hornblende biotite granite/granodiorite hybrid with white feldspar megacrysts. It is crossed by a pink granite (predominantly potash feldspar) vein. |
| Comments: | This stone is intermediate between Harrell's variety 'b' and 'a' of the Aswan granites and granodiorites described on his website. It comes from quarries between Aswan and the Shellal district. |
| References: | Borghini (1997) 224; Corsi (1845) 210-211, 215-216; Harrell (2010a); Lazzarini (2002c) 229; Mielsch (1985) 67; Price (2007) 234 |
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| Corsi's classification: | Class 16. Granites; i. Antique granite |
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| Corsi's text: | 206.23 Granito antico. Marmor Syenite. Marmo Sienite... [trovata] presso la città di Siene sul confine fra Egitto, e l'Etiopia... Pyrrhopoecilon... Psaronion...Aethiopicum perchè... era Siene sul confine dell' Etiopia. |