Corsi Collection of Decorative Stones

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Corsi 965, approx. 145 x 73 x 40 mm, © Oxford University Museum of Natural History

OUMNH Number: 965  
Name and quarry location: Serpentina di Carrara, from Carrara, Massa e Carrara, Tuscany, Italy  
Geological description: Perhaps a serpentinised lherzolite. Large pale crystals look like enstatite as porphyroclasts in a deformed and recrystallised matrix.  
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Corsi's classification: Class 7. Serpentines; ii. Common serpentines  
Corsi's text: 152.48/ S22.3 Serpentina di Carrara  

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