Corsi Collection of Decorative Stones

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Corsi 900, approx. 145 x 73 x 40 mm, © Oxford University Museum of Natural History

OUMNH Number: 900  
Name and quarry location: Granito di Napoli, from Naples, Campania, Italy  
Geological description: Biotite tonalite. Coarse-grained, with a gneisssose structure developed at one end of specimen. Mica shows rusty-coloured alteration.  
Comments: It is highly unlikely this stone has anything to do with Vesuvius or Naples.  
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Corsi's classification: Class 16. Granites; ii. Italian granites  
Corsi's text: 216.52 Granito di Napoli... Anche questo dicesi eruttato dal Vessuvio  

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