CH Gemstones found here: Switzerland
3 deposits listed · 3 species catalogued
Known origins & mines
St Gotthard Adularia Passes · moonstone
Alpine passes that gave adularia feldspar - the classic blue-sheen moonstone - its very name, worked since Roman times.…
Uri Alpine Smoky Quarries · smoky-quartz
Swiss "Stäffeli" diggers still hunt smoky cleft crystals in Gotthard gneiss; alpine smoky quartz graced Renaissance snuff boxes an…
Zermatt Alpine Titanite · sphene
Classic Alpine locality producing museum-grade honey-green titanite crystals since the 1800s.…