Schorl tourmaline with rock crystal

Mineral

Specimen overview

Nickel-Strunz 9.CK.05 Cyclosilicates · Tourmaline group
Dana 61.03.01.10
Lithostratigraphic Alpine cleft · Gotthard massif Aar–Gotthard basement

Constituent parts (2)

Schorl (en) Major phenocryst

Variety

Also known as Tourmaline ( en, classification ) · Schörl ( de, historical )

Black tourmaline · prismatic habit

Nickel-Strunz 9.CK.05 Cyclosilicates · Tourmaline group
Dana 61.03.01.10

Rock crystal (en) Major matrix

Variety

Also known as Quartz ( en, classification ) · Bergkristall ( de, variety )

Clear quartz · prismatic habit

Nickel-Strunz 4.DA.05 Oxides · Quartz group
Dana 75.01.03.01

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

Map showing the locality of Schorl tourmaline with rock crystal
Gotthard · 2007
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.