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Collection of marble slabs

Name Collection of marble slabs
Description The collection of marble slabs conserved in the Museum contains 262 samples, almost all polished. The word 'marble' is used as a synonym of the Latin usage of the term 'marble' to refer to an ornamental stone. The pieces have been obtained in three ways: from the Museum of the Barcelona Royal Academy of Science and the Arts, the 1888 Universal Exhibition and from various donations.
Collectors Canestro, G. B.
Llobet i Vall-llosera, Josep Antoni
Salas, José N.
Serradell i Planella, Baltasar
Collection type Geological
Include types No