| OUMNH Number: |
902
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| Name and quarry location: |
Probably giallo antico from Chemtou, Tunisia, but possibly Giallo di Siena, Siena yellow from Monte Arrenti near Sovicille, Siena, Tuscany, Italy
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| Geological description: |
Very fine-grained calcite marble. A fractured, stylolitised, metamorphosed fossiliferous biomicrite limestone. Veins and voids are calcite-filled, and there are abundant small black manganese oxide dendrites.
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| Comments: |
Although thought by Corsi to be from Siena, this is strikingly similar to giallo antico from Chemtou, Tunisia used by McMarmilloyd Ltd for restoration work in the National Gallery, London, a sample of which has been lodged in the Oxford collection.
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| References: |
Dubarry de Lassale (2000) 134-135; Jervis (1862) 24; Jervis (1889) 329-330; Lee (1888) 15; Price (2007) 92-93; Watson (1916) 199-201
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