Collections

Mineralogy reference collection focused on Alpine cleft minerals — quartz, fluorite, tourmaline, chlorite — primarily from Wallis, Gotthard, and Graubünden.

Regionally focused collection of Mesozoic invertebrate fossils — ammonites, bivalves, brachiopods, crinoids — recovered from quarries and outcrops across the Solothurn Jura.

Regional collection of Devonian-to-Cretaceous fossils from the Jura arc, with bilingual French/German labelling. Strong representation of trilobites, brachiopods, and rugose corals.

Small but significant meteoritics collection, anchored by the Twannberg find series and a handful of witnessed falls from the 19th and 20th centuries.

Minerals collected from Alpine and Jura formations over the 19th and 20th centuries, with a focus on systematic mineralogy under Nickel-Strunz and Dana classification. Includes the historic Burri-Wieland collection acquired in 1923.

Paleontological holdings spanning the Lower Devonian to Upper Cretaceous, with particular strength in Jura-region invertebrates. Catalogued under both taxonomic and lithostratigraphic systems.

Rock-type reference series originally assembled for university teaching collaborations in eastern Switzerland.

Curated series of iron-meteorite finds from the Twannberg strewn field, including representative cross-sections and a small reference set of associated terrestrial weathering products.