Orbicular diorite pendant Corsica A (flat stone)

PEN-DIOP-01

Dimensions:
Approximately 30-35mm with bail

Pendant composed of a flat orbicular diorite of approximately 25-30mm.
Colors and patterns may vary from stone to stone.

Also called Corsite or Napoleonite, orbicular diorite has characteristic spherical structures called orbicules. Its chemical composition is intermediate between a diorite and a gabbro. The light minerals are calcic plagioclase feldspars of the anorthite and bytownite type, the dark minerals are hornblende-type amphiboles as well as pyroxenes. It is known that orbicular diorite was used to make the tomb of Napoleon I at the Invalides and the Medici funeral chapel in Florence.