Description
An Italian green earth, terra di Verona from Verona which, with Bohemian Green, are considered to be the best European grades. The green colour of this earth is provided by both celadonite and glauconite. Verona green has long been popular in Italy and used in tempera and fresco work. Cennini writes extensively on green earths and recalls his father taking him to see green earth deposits in the Colle di Val d’Elsa near Siena