Breccia corallina

Esquema

Getty AAT: Materials (matter)

Jerarquía

<materials by composition> > inorganic material > rock > metamorphic rock > marble (rock) > <marble by form or function> > breccia marble

Descripción

A breccia marble containing red, pink, white, or yellow fragments in a coral-colored matrix; it was notably used for the interior columns of the Temple of Mars Ultor in Rome although few other specific examples are known and its ancient quarry has not been located.

URI original del concepto

http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300011453

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