Quartz with Chlorite

specimen number:
9302421

location:
St Gotthard, Leventina, Ticino, Switzerland

description:

Very unusual floater crystallized grouping of colorless translucent lustrous quartz, this with some inclusions of green chlorite throughout. In super condition all around and in very interesting.

The St. Gotthard Massif, located in the Leventina District of Ticino, Switzerland, is a famous Alpine central massif composed primarily of deeply metamorphosed crystalline rocks, granites, and schists. Formed during the Alpine orogeny, hydrothermal fluids circulating through fissures and rock cavities deposited exceptional mineral formations over millions of years. For centuries, local crystalline mineral collectors, known as "Strahler," have traversed these steep mountainsides and alpine passes to extract pristine quartz specimens. The area is historically renowned in mineralogy for producing world-class gwindel (twisted) quartz, smoky quartz, and clear rock crystal clusters, highly valued by museum curators and private collectors worldwide for their remarkable clarity and unique growth structures.

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