Gypsum with Epidote inclusions, from alpine gneiss vein -
Linescio, Val Campo, Ticino, Switzerland
Water-clear Gypsum of the "Marienglas" type with enclosed Epidote sheaves, as part of a fissure filling in aplitic gneiss. A very unusual mineral association and alpine rarity! Found in August 2019 in the eastern part of Maurino quarry ("Cava Maurino", see LAPIS 1/2014)
Gypsum with epidote - Linescio, Val Campo, Ticino, Switzerland
SKU: SW-19
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Size
5 cm x 4 cm x 2.5 cm, Gypsum lamellae up to 2 cm, Epidote sheaves up to 8 mm
Locality
Linescio, Val Campo, Ticino, Switzerland