Corsi Collection of Decorative Stones

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Corsi 971, approx. 145 x 73 x 40 mm, © Oxford University Museum of Natural History

OUMNH Number: 971  
Name and quarry location: Pudingo di Toscana, from Tuscany, Italy  
Geological description: Polymict breccio-conglomerate, clasts are largely quartz or chert, and some have inclusions of pyrite. Matrix is calcarenite.  
Comments: This locality has not been confirmed.  
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Corsi's classification: Class 10. Pudding-stones; ii. Italian pudding-stones  
Corsi's text: 166.19/ S23.2 Pudingo di Toscana  

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