Corsi 910, approx. 145 x 73 x 40 mm, © Oxford University Museum of Natural History
| OUMNH Number: | 910 |
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| Name and quarry location: | perhaps breccia corallina, from Verzirhan, Bilecik,Turkey |
| Geological description: | Heavily sheared and recrystallised limestone breccia, almost entirely altered to fine-grained marble. |
| Comments: | We have been told this is a variety of breccia corallina, quarried near the village of Vezirhan in Bilecik, Turkey close to a tributary of the River Sakarya. In Roman times the area was Bythinia and the river was called Sagarius. No.404 is a very typical example. |
| References: | Borghini (1997) 166-167; Lazzarini (2002c) 251; Lazzarini (2002a); Lazzarini (2006); Mielsch (1985) 47, taf.7; Price (2007) 111 |
| Further information: |
Portasanta.pdf |
| Corsi's classification: | Class 1. Marbles; Section 2. Veined marbles; Species 1. Porta Santa marble |
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| Corsi's text: | 43.19/ S11.7 Marmo Porta Santa |