Corsi Collection of Decorative Stones

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Corsi 894, approx. 145 x 73 x 40 mm, © Oxford University Museum of Natural History

OUMNH Number: 894  
Name and quarry location: Possibly granito di Corsica from Corsica, France, but more probably bianco Montorfano, from Montorfano, Novara, Piedmont, Italy  
Geological description: Coarse hornblende biotite granite with accessory apatite and titanite.  
Comments: This is most probably from Montorfano, but Corsica remains a possibility.  
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Corsi's classification: Class 16. Granites; ii. Italian granites  
Corsi's text: 215.46 Granito di Corsica  

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