Corsi Collection of Decorative Stones

|
view of stone 974

Corsi 974, approx. 145 x 73 x 40 mm, © Oxford University Museum of Natural History

OUMNH Number: 974  
Name and quarry location: Quarzo erborizzato dell'Elba, from the island of Elba, Livorno, Tuscany, Italy  
Geological description: Calcarenite with some grey shell fragments and grains of a black mineral, perhaps schorl.  
Comments: This calcareous stone was mis-classified by Corsi as a sandstone. The locality, Elba, has not been confirmed. All the brown on this specimen is a waxy grain filler not present on the unpolished reverse of the stone.  
References:  
Further information:
 


Corsi's classification: Class 14. Quartz and its varieties; Species 4. Aventurine  
Corsi's text: 181.4/ S24.1 erborizzato dell'Elba  

Full entry in English

|
Enter some search terms
Show results as:

search tips

Searches the database for all stone records containing the words you enter. To search for a text string, put it between quotation marks. To search for stone records that don't contain a word, put a minus sign in front of it.

For example, entering: granite "coarse-grained" -Egypt will find all the coarse-grained granites that do not come from Egypt.

Terms of three characters or less have not been indexed.

Funded by Esmée Fairbairn Foundation Oxford University Museum of Natural History University of Oxford