broccatello

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Scope note
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.
broccatello
Accepted term: 03-Feb-2025