Corsi 949, approx. 145 x 73 x 40 mm, © Oxford University Museum of Natural History
| OUMNH Number: | 949 |
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| Name and quarry location: | Breccia Medicea or 'Africano', from Seravezza, Lucca, Tuscany, Italy |
| Geological description: | Tectonised polymict breccia-conglomerate of limestone and marble clasts with solution-modified clast contacts. |
| Comments: | Possibly a variety of breccia Medicea from the Apuan Alps(or it may be the so-called ‘africano’ from Seravezza, Tuscany, Italy (not to be confused with the stone of the same name from Sigacik (Teos), Turkey). |
| References: | Corsi (1845) 147-148; Bartelletti (2003); Jervis (1862) 1-22; Lazzarini (1999a); Pieri (1954); Price (2007) 131; Watson (1916) 189-197 |
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| Corsi's classification: | Class 1. Marbles; Section 5. Breccias; i. Antique Breccias |
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| Corsi's text: | 116.40/ S19.7 Breccia pavonazza |