Corsi 873, approx. 145 x 73 x 40 mm, © Oxford University Museum of Natural History
| OUMNH Number: | 873 |
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| Name and quarry location: | Granito di Genova, from Genoa, Liguria, Italy |
| Geological description: | Coarse-grained metagabbro, with serpentinised pyroxene crystals. |
| Comments: | This is one of the stones (metadiorites or metagabbros) in Corsi's collection that would in the past have been called eufotide (euphotide). They come from Genoa, Elba and various other localities. |
| References: | Corsi (1845) 210-211, 219-220; Price (2007) 196; Repetti (1833) v2:139, v3:387-389 |
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| Corsi's classification: | Class 16. Granites; ii. Italian granites |
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| Corsi's text: | 212.25 Granito di Genova |