Table 3.

Beds of LGL and LCL present on the Casa Ippolito site and its surrounding environs [1, 34]

Formation	Bed	Characteristics	Uses
Lower globigerina limestone	92	Dark stone; does not withstand exposure	Foundations and other instances where protection from the atmosphere is present
	91	Pale yellow limestone, turns into light reddish-brown colour after some time; composed of minute fossils; easily split into thin slabs; hardens when exposed to air; weathers very well; no fossils are present except for remains of saurians etc. and a few shells	Building stone, paving stone, masonry lintels, and roofing slabs to span between masonry arches and beams
Lower coralline limestone	1	Transition (Scutella) bed; soft; often mixed and merging into the calcareous sands of the overlying stratum; fine-grained; not durable; Echini project outwards when stone decays away	Not much used in building