Quartz (en) Major phenocryst
Classification
Also known as Bergkristall ( de, variety ) · Rock crystal ( en, variety )
Clear prismatic quartz · Alpine cleft habit
Quartz with chlorite inclusions
Mineral · Gotthard massif, Switzerland · Alpine cleft
Naturmuseum St. Gallen·NMSG 1982.0205
Mineral
Specimen overview
Constituent parts (2)
Chamosite (en) Minor inclusion
Variety
Also known as Chlorite ( en, classification )
Green platy aggregates inside the quartz host
Stratigraphy
Lithostratigraphy
- Formation
- Alpine cleft mineralisation
strati.ch · Swiss Geological Survey
Tectonostratigraphy
- Domain
- Helvetic
- Subdomain
- Aar–Gotthard basement
- Unit
- Gotthard Massif
TK500 4th ed. (2024) · swisstopo
Locality
- Named place
- Gotthard massif, Alpine cleft
- Country
- Switzerland
- First-order division
- Uri
- Sampled feature
- Alpine cleft
Exact coordinates available on request from the holding institution.