Publication Date:
2022
Short description:
EX CAVA SPES, DENTRO E FUORI LA VENA DEL GESSO / Lugli, Stefano. - 40:(2022), pp. 25-28.
abstract:
In the tunnels of the former SPES quarry (Municipality of Borgo Tossignano, Bologna Province, Northern Italy), the first two
layers that do not crop out in the Messinian Gypsum outcrop of the Vena del Gesso are visible. The first layer consists of giant
selenite crystals and the second of laminated carbonate containing nucleation cones with large gypsum crystals. At the
base of the third layer a large “mammellone” occurs. Its size is slightly smaller than that of the Onferno Cave in the Gypsum outcrop of Eastern Romagna.
layers that do not crop out in the Messinian Gypsum outcrop of the Vena del Gesso are visible. The first layer consists of giant
selenite crystals and the second of laminated carbonate containing nucleation cones with large gypsum crystals. At the
base of the third layer a large “mammellone” occurs. Its size is slightly smaller than that of the Onferno Cave in the Gypsum outcrop of Eastern Romagna.
Iris type:
Capitolo/Saggio
List of contributors:
Lugli, Stefano
Full Text:
Book title:
I gessi di Tossignano. Studio multidisciplinare di un'area carsica nella vena del gesso romagnola