Broccatello
Esquema
Jerarquía
<materials by composition> > inorganic material > rock > metamorphic rock > marble (rock) > <marble by form or function> > shell marble
Descripción
A handsome shell marble from Tortosa, Spain, where it is still quarried. Its predominant color ranges from a reddish lilac to yellow, the color being dependent on the quantity of embedded snails: the yellow represents the mollusk and the lilac represents the seabed in which it sank. Broccatello was used extensively as surface ornamentation in churches in Rome and Naples, Italy.
URI original del concepto
Otros términos
- brocatello [nl]
- brocatello [es]
- brocatelli [en]
- marmor schiston [en]