| OUMNH Number: |
963
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| Name and quarry location: |
Serpentina di Santa Caterina, from Santa Caterina, island of Elba, Livorno, Tuscany, Italy
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| Geological description: |
Serpentinite, finely brecciated and veined with calcite.
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| Comments: |
Jervis (1889) records an ophicalcite obtained 2km from 'Rio nell'Elba' in a place called Santa Caterina'. Zuccagni-Orlandini (1842) describes the stone as 'superb'. The brecciation is particularly small and even, in Corsi's samples (nos.593, 963) and in samples seen in other museums.
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| References: |
Jervis (1889) 415; Zuccagni-Orlandini (1842) 10, 112
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