Corsi 968, approx. 145 x 73 x 40 mm, © Oxford University Museum of Natural History
| OUMNH Number: | 968 |
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| Name and quarry location: | almost certainly breccia del Taigeto, breccia verde di Sparta, from the area of Krokees (Levetsova), Laconia, Peloponnese, Greece |
| Geological description: | Synsedimentary breccio-conglomerate with clasts of porphyritic andesite. |
| Comments: | This breccia appears to have clasts of porfido serpentino antico (see nos.797-806), and so it would be from the area around Krokees in Greece. |
| References: | Borghini (1997) 196; Lazzarini (2002c) 254-255; Mielsch (1985) 66-67, tab.22; Price (2007) 195 |
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| Corsi's classification: | Class 10. Pudding-stones; i. Antique pudding-stones |
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| Corsi's text: | 163.5/ S23.1 Breccia d'Egitto |