| P number: | P576179 |
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| Caption: | Marble specimen. Sienna. Montarenti Quarries, near Siena, Tuscany. |
| Description: | Label name: Sienna. Alternative name: Montarenti Light Siena. Specimen description: Dark yellow with purple/black/white patches and black/purple veins. Text from: Watson, J. British and foreign marbles and other ornamental stones. Cambridge : University Press, 1916. 371 MONTARENTI LIGHT SIENA. Montarenti Quarries, near Siena, Tuscany. This example is from the same quarries as the last three varieties. The ground-mass of this specimen is, however, of a richer orange colour, the black veinings are more distinctly defined, and. there are occasional clouded white patches of calcite which are not present in the foregoing specimens. An example of it may be seen in the pavement of the chancel of Bristol Cathedral Light Montarenti Siena is. in demand in the United States of America as a decorative material. An example may be seen in the Music Hall of the Carnegie Library, Pittsburg. |
| Date taken: | Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 GMT 2004 |
| Photographer: | McIntyre, B.M. |
| Copyright statement: | NERC |
| Additional information: | The marble is from the Walter Brown Collection, Scottish Mineral and Lapidary Club. |
| Orientation: | Square |
| Size: | 280.69 KB; 1000 x 1000 pixels; 85 x 85 mm (print at 300 DPI); 265 x 265 mm (screen at 96 DPI); |
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