Limestone (IT.24.0002)
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- Rock determination
- Sedimentary rock > Biochemical > Carbonate rock > Limestone
- Chronostratigraphy
- Phanerozoic; Cenozoic; Paleogene; Oligocene
- Lithostratigraphy
- Rock name
- Vicenza limestone
- Rock synonyms
- Additional information
- bioclastic limestone
Find location
- Site type
- Quarry
- Location
- Italy; Veneto; Zovencedo
- Site name
- Berici Hills (undefined quarry)
- Excavation or Survey Team
- Additional contextual information
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Grassi Pietre quarries (https://grassipietre.it/en/company-own-quarries/). Precise quarry is undefined. For more quarries see for example: https://www.colliberici.it/en/the-berici-s-hills/berica-hills-stone/quarries-and-ateliers
- Natural color
- yellow, grey and white (variant)
- Aged color
- Components
- heterogeneous distribution of white bioclasts, macroporosity, pure calcareous matrix
- Texture
- bioclasts centimetric in size
- Structure
- Weathering
- Diagnostic features
- biosparite
- Additional information
- Flepostore inventory nr.
- GEOL1.L1.D3
- Original inventory nr.
- A0162
- Collection
- Geological Department, Ghent University
- Type
- Covered thin section
- Comparable thin section(s)
- Components
- rich in bioclasts (Foraminifera, Bryozoa, crinoids, red and coralline algae); sparite cement with syntaxial overgrowth; high intra- and intergranular porosity
- Texture
- coarse to very coarse bioclasts
- Structure
- Weathering
- Diagnostic features
- coarse grained bioclastic grainstone; high porosity
- Additional information
- blue stained epoxy
- Sample type
- Rock sample
- Inventory number
- IT.24.0002
- Collection
- Geological Department, Ghent University
- Donating institute/person
- Grassi Pietri Company
- Host collection
- Other samples available
- No
- Sample collection method
- Field Sampling (clay/rock)
Di Benedetto et al. 2015
- Full reference
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Di Benedetto C., Cappelletti P., Favaro M., Graziano S.F., Langella A., Calcaterra D. & Colella A. Porosity as key factor in the durability of two historical building stones: Neapolitan Yellow Tuff and Vicenza Stone. Engineering Geology 193: 310-319.
- Link
Scrivano et al. 2019
- Full reference
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Scrivano S., Gaggero L. & Gisbert Aguilar J. 2019. An Experimental Investigation of the Effects of Grain Size and Pore Network on the Durability of Vicenza Stone. Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering 52: 2935–2948.
- Link
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Last modified: 2024-04-26.