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 May 2018 in the eastern part of Maurino quarry ("Cava Maurino", see LAPIS 1/2014)
Gypsum with Epidote - Linescio, Val Campo, Ticino, Switzerland
SKU: SW-74
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Size
6 cm x 2.8 cm x 1.1 cm, Gypsum lamellae up to 5 cm length, Epidote sheaves up to 8 mm
Locality
Linescio, Val Campo, Ticino, Switzerland