Corsi Collection of Decorative Stones

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Corsi 860, approx. 145 x 73 x 40 mm, © Oxford University Museum of Natural History

OUMNH Number: 860  
Name and quarry location: Granito delle Alpi, from the Alps  
Geological description: Coarse, cataclastic granite with recrystallised quartz and rare altered mica showing kink bands.  
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Corsi's classification: Class 16. Granites; ii. Italian granites  
Corsi's text: 210.12 Granito delle Alpi  

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