Enterolithic folds in gypsum

3D Model

Specimen dimensions: 19 x 8 cm

Lithology: layered, partly clayey anhydrite and gypsum

Type of deformation: post-diagenetic swelling related to the transformation from anhydrite to gypsum

Locality: Questenberg, Germany

Jena inventory number: 0195

Photography and 3D-photogrammetric processing of the specimen courtesy of Prof. Dr. Marko Vrabec, Ljubljana, @okram.

Refer to the following publications for further details on anhydrite swelling in Upper Permian Zechstein deposits in Germany: Dichtl, M., Grützner, C., Ustaszewski, K. (2023): Genese des Schlangengipses im Thüringer Zechstein. Beitr. Geol. Thür., N.F. 28, 47-90.