Specimens

8 267 specimens from 8 collections across 5 institutions

33 specimens
Region: Jura Period: Lower Devonian Type: Fossil
  • Limestone matrix with embedded coral fossil and accessory pyrite phase

    Limestone with coral fossil Fossil

    Jura · Early Devonian · 3 constituent parts
    Lithostratigraphic Early Devonian bioclastic limestone Sampling event Collected 1987-06-14
    Naturhistorisches Museum Bern · NMBE 1987.0342
    3 parts
    1987
  • Schorl tourmaline crystal cluster on matrix from Valais

    Schorl tourmaline Mineral

    Valais · 19th c.
    Nickel-Strunz 9.CK.05 Dana 61.03.01.10
    Naturhistorisches Museum Bern · NMBE 1923.0078
    1873
  • Pyrite cubic crystals on quartz matrix, Valais

    Pyrite cubes on quartz Mineral

    Valais · 1873 · 3 constituent parts
    Nickel-Strunz 2.EB.05a Dana 02.12.01.01
    Naturhistorisches Museum Bern · NMBE 2024.0156
    3 parts
    1873
  • Stylonema corallinum Fossil

    Jura · Early Devonian · 2 constituent parts
    Taxonomic Stylonema corallinum Higher taxonomy Rugosa · Cnidaria
    Naturhistorisches Museum Bern · NMBE 1987.0345
    2 parts
    1987
  • Crinoid stem fragments in limestone

    Crinoid stem fragments Fossil

    Jura · Early Devonian
    Higher taxonomy Crinoidea · Echinodermata Lithostratigraphic Early Devonian limestone
    Naturhistorisches Museum Bern · NMBE 1979.0445
    1979
  • Ornans-type chondrite Meteorite

    Twannberg · 19th c.
    Meteorite class CO3 carbonaceous chondrite Fall / find Witnessed fall
    Naturhistorisches Museum Bern · NMBE 1860.0001
    1860
  • Ammonite fossil cross-section

    Ammonite cross-section Fossil

    Jura · Late Jurassic
    Taxonomic Perisphinctes sp. Higher taxonomy Ammonoidea · Cephalopoda
    Naturhistorisches Museum Bern · NMBE 1994.0156
    1994
  • Bivalve fossil cluster

    Bivalve cluster Fossil

    Solothurn Jura · Late Jurassic
    Higher taxonomy Bivalvia · Mollusca Lithostratigraphic Reuchenette Formation · Late Jurassic
    Naturmuseum Solothurn · NMSO 2024.0301
    2024
  • Spirifer sp. Fossil

    Solothurn Jura · Middle Jurassic
    Taxonomic Spirifer sp. Higher taxonomy Spiriferida · Brachiopoda
    Naturmuseum Solothurn · NMSO 2024.0307
    2024
  • Coral-bearing limestone Fossil

    Solothurn Jura · Early Devonian · 4 constituent parts
    Lithostratigraphic Early Devonian limestone Higher taxonomy Rugosa · Bivalvia · Brachiopoda
    Naturmuseum Solothurn · NMSO 1985.0211
    4 parts
    1985
  • Trilobite fossil specimen

    Phacops rana Fossil

    Solothurn Jura · Middle Devonian
    Taxonomic Phacops rana Higher taxonomy Phacopidae · Trilobita
    Naturmuseum Solothurn · NMSO 2003.0118
    2003
  • Twannberg iron meteorite Meteorite

    Twannberg · 1984
    Meteorite class IIG iron meteorite Fall / find Find
    Naturmuseum Solothurn · NMSO 1984.0001
    1984
  • Brachiopod assemblage Fossil

    Jura arc · Devonian · 3 constituent parts
    Higher taxonomy Brachiopoda Lithostratigraphic Devonian limestone
    Naturmuseum Naturbiel · NMNB 1992.0078
    3 parts
    1992
  • Rugose coral colony fossil in limestone

    Rugose coral colony Fossil

    Jura arc · Early Devonian · 3 constituent parts
    Higher taxonomy Rugosa · Cnidaria Lithostratigraphic Early Devonian limestone
    Naturmuseum Naturbiel · NMNB 2015.0042
    3 parts
    2015
  • Crinoid calyx fossil with preserved arms

    Crinoid calyx Fossil

    Jura arc · Middle Devonian · 4 constituent parts
    Higher taxonomy Crinoidea · Echinodermata Lithostratigraphic Middle Devonian limestone
    Naturmuseum Naturbiel · NMNB 2021.0117
    4 parts
    2021
  • Coquina — densely packed shell fragments cemented in a calcareous matrix

    Shell-bed coquina Fossil

    Mont Soleil · Middle Jurassic
    Rock type Coquina · bioclastic limestone Higher taxonomy Bivalvia · Gastropoda (mixed assemblage)
    Naturmuseum Naturbiel · NMNB 2026.0211
    1998
  • Calcite crystal cluster, Ticino

    Calcite crystal cluster Mineral

    Ticino · 19th c.
    Nickel-Strunz 5.AB.05 Dana 14.01.01.01
    Naturmuseum St. Gallen · NMSG 1849.0001
    1849
  • Fluorite crystal, Valais

    Fluorite crystal Mineral

    Valais · 19th c.
    Nickel-Strunz 3.AB.25 Dana 09.02.01.01
    Naturmuseum St. Gallen · NMSG 1873.0014
    1873
  • Quartz with chlorite inclusions Mineral

    Gotthard · Alpine cleft · 2 constituent parts
    Nickel-Strunz 4.DA.05 Inclusion phase Chlorite (chamosite series)
    Naturmuseum St. Gallen · NMSG 1982.0205
    2 parts
    1982
  • Amethyst crystal cluster

    Amethyst crystal cluster Mineral

    Graubünden · 2018
    Nickel-Strunz 4.DA.05 Lithostratigraphic Alpine cleft, Graubünden
    Naturmuseum St. Gallen · NMSG 2018.0091
    2018
  • Bedded chert sample with visible laminations

    Bedded chert Rock

    Engadin · Mesozoic · 2 constituent parts
    Rock type Bedded chert Lithostratigraphic Mesozoic radiolarite
    Naturmuseum St. Gallen · NMSG 1968.0042
    2 parts
    1968
  • Chalcopyrite cluster with intergrown galena crystals on quartz matrix

    Chalcopyrite with galena Mineral

    Valais · Binntal
    Nickel-Strunz 2.CB.10a Dana 02.09.01.01
    Naturhistorisches Museum Bern · NMBE 2026.0042
    1891
  • Azurite crystal aggregate with deep ultramarine colouration

    Azurite with malachite Mineral

    Chessy-les-Mines · acquired 2018 · 2 constituent parts
    Nickel-Strunz 5.BA.05 Dana 16a.03.01.01
    Naturhistorisches Museum Bern · NMBE 2026.0118
    2 parts
    2018
  • Uvarovite garnet — emerald-green druzy cluster on chromite matrix

    Uvarovite garnet Mineral

    Outokumpu · acquired 1956
    Nickel-Strunz 9.AD.25 Dana 51.04.03b.04
    Naturhistorisches Museum Bern · NMBE 2026.0203
    1956
  • Massive chalcopyrite ore with iridescent surface tarnish

    Chalcopyrite ore (iridescent) Mineral

    Mt. Lyell · acquired 1973
    Nickel-Strunz 2.CB.10a Dana 02.09.01.01
    Naturhistorisches Museum Bern · NMBE 2026.0341
    1973
  • Ammonite cross-section preserved inside a calcareous nodule

    Perisphinctes sp. in calcareous nodule Fossil

    Solothurn Jura · Late Jurassic
    Taxonomic Perisphinctes sp. Higher taxonomy Ammonoidea · Cephalopoda
    Naturmuseum Solothurn · NMSO 2026.0089
    2003
  • Black schorl tourmaline crystals intergrown with clear quartz prisms

    Schorl tourmaline with rock crystal Mineral

    Gotthard · 2007 · 2 constituent parts
    Nickel-Strunz 9.CK.05 Dana 61.03.01.10
    Naturmuseum St. Gallen · NMSG 2026.0117
    2 parts
    2007
  • Pyrite cubes scattered across a quartz druse on schist matrix

    Pyrite-quartz druse Mineral

    Graubünden · 1992
    Nickel-Strunz 2.EB.05a Dana 02.12.01.01
    Naturmuseum St. Gallen · NMSG 2026.0145
    1992
  • Translucent selenite crystal — bladed gypsum habit on iron-stained matrix

    Selenite Mineral

    Naxos · acquired 2011
    Nickel-Strunz 7.CD.40 Dana 29.06.03.01
    Naturmuseum St. Gallen · NMSG 2026.0188
    2011
  • Pink-purple lepidolite-bearing matrix with rubellite tourmaline traces

    Lepidolite with rubellite Mineral

    Minas Gerais · acquired 1989 · 2 constituent parts
    Nickel-Strunz 9.EC.20 Dana 71.02.02b.04
    Naturmuseum St. Gallen · NMSG 2026.0231
    2 parts
    1989
  • Fluorite cluster with golden-orange interior fading to purple zones

    Fluorite (orange-purple) Mineral

    Valais · 2014
    Nickel-Strunz 3.AB.25 Dana 09.02.01.01
    Naturmuseum St. Gallen · NMSG 2026.0264
    2014
  • Coarse pegmatitic granite — pink K-feldspar, quartz, biotite

    Pegmatitic granite Rock

    Aar massif · 1972
    Rock type Pegmatitic granite Mineralogy K-feldspar · quartz · biotite · accessory muscovite
    Naturmuseum St. Gallen · NMSG 2026.0301
    1972
  • Light grey vesicular pumice — abundant gas-bubble voids

    Vesicular pumice Rock

    Lipari · acquired 1985
    Rock type Pumice · highly vesicular felsic glass Mineralogy Volcanic glass · trace plagioclase microliths
    Naturmuseum St. Gallen · NMSG 2026.0322
    1985
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