CAM - Centro di Ateneo per i Musei

Museum of Geology and Palaeontology
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Coquina Limestone, made of Bositra buchii shells, a sedimentary rock of the Jurassic



 

The Collections: rocks


The rocks collection comprises many samples of various lithotypes (sedimentary, magmatic and metamorphic rocks), mainly coming from the Italian Alps but also from other Italian and foreign sites.



Tonalite from Val Nambrone (Trento province, Italy), a magmatic rock
 
Cornubianite from Monte Cadino (Brescia province, Italy), a metamorphic rock




 

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