Paris, Dundas and Wiarton: Other Gypsums

We did head out to a third location in Paris.  Maggie had found where the original mines of Paris were located and more out of historical interest than any other we decided to walk along the bank and see if we could locate any remains.  In the end we did find an adit entrance, but not of a major mining operation.

This really wasn’t a major disappointment.  The walk along the river was wonderful and richly diverse and the visit to Paris had yielded the desired gypsum in spades.  This was a really great trip and with a trunk load of gypsum I headed back to my studio.

While we are on the topic of gypsum, I thought I might show a couple of other samples from within the 100 mile radius.  On the left is a sample from Wiarton that has brightly coloured Selenite crystals in it.  These colours come from trace mineral impurities.  On the right is a sample from Dundas which is a pure selenite crystal.  Both these samples drove home for me again the great variety that gypsum takes!