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Paesina Stone

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Paesina Stone

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Locality: 
Upper Valdarno, Florence & Arezzo Provinces, Tuscany, Italy
Class: 
Massive/Crystalline
Size Range: 
Cabinet (10-18 cm)
Size: 
0.5 × 10.1 × 5.7 cm
Weight: 
75.00gr
Description

Interesting lot consisting in two specimenf od paesine stone.

First: specimen from China of paesine marble. The landscapes like those of a picture, are absolutely natural and formed by dendrites. This piece weights 75 gr and measures 0.5 X 10.1 X 5.7 cm

Second: Beautiful specimen of Limestone know as Paesina Stone of Florence. This stone is a limestone sedimentatio originated on the bottom of the sea around 50 million years ago. The landscapes like those of a picture, are absolutely natural, being shaped by mineral solutions (iron-manganese) which make the Paesina Stone a real geological wonder appreciated and worked since 1588 by "Medicean Opificio delle Pietre Dure" in Florence. Stormy seas and islands, canyons, dismantled villages, volcanoes and mountains are depicted by mother nature, remembering tones and colours of Tuscany. This specimen weights 18 gr and measures 0.4 X 6.3 X 3.4 Cm.

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