Corsi 986, approx. 145 x 73 x 40 mm, © Oxford University Museum of Natural History
| OUMNH Number: | 986 |
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| Name and quarry location: | Granito antico, possibly granito verde fiorito di bigio from Wadi Umm Balad, near Gebel Dokhan, Eastern Desert, Egypt |
| Geological description: | Quartz diorite. |
| Comments: | This may be a rather atypical example of granito verde fiorito di bigio, a quartz diorite from the Precambrian basement rocks at Wadi Umm Balad. |
| References: | Borghini (1997) 229; Harrell (2010a); Mielsch (1985) 70, taf.24 |
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| Corsi's classification: | Class 16. Granites; i. Antique granite |
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| Corsi's text: | 209.37/ S26.1 Granito antico |