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(Schweiz; Suisse; Svizzera)

Note: For most cantons, a special permit ('Patent') is necessary (www.svsmf.ch/uploads/media/Patente_Verbote.pdf).



References:
- Kenngott, G.A. (1866) Die Minerale der Schweiz. Leipzig, 460 pp. (in German)
- Niggli, P., Koenigsberger, J., and Parker, R.L. (1940) Die Mineralien der Schweizeralpen. 2 Volumes, Basel, 661 pp. (in German)
- Parker, R. L. (1973): Die Mineralfunde der Schweiz. Wepf Verlag, Basel, 433 pp. (in German)
- Gramaccioli, C. M. (1978): Die Mineralien der Alpen. 2 volumes, Franckh'sche Verlagshandlung, Stuttgart, 560 pp. (in German)
- Weibel, M., Graeser, St., Oberholzer, W. F., Stalder, H. A. & Gabriel, W. (1990): Die Mineralien der Schweiz. 5th ed., Birkhäuser Verlag, Basel, 222 pp. (in German).
- Stalder, H. A., Wagner, A., Graeser, S. und Stuker, P. (1998): Mineralienlexikon der Schweiz. Wepf Verlag, Basel, 579 pp. (in German)

- http://www.mineralien-ch.ch/fundort_nach_kanton.html
- http://www.mineralien-ch.ch/mineralien_der_schweiz.html
- http://www.swissinfo-geo.org/
- http://map.search.ch/




Mineral list contains entries from the region specified including sub-localities


Mineral List:
Acanthite
Actinolite
var: Byssolite
var: Nephrite
Adamite
var: Cuprian Adamite
'Adularia'
Aegirine
Aegirine-augite
'Aeschynite'
Aeschynite-(Ce)
Aeschynite-(Y)
Agardite-(La)
Agardite-(Y)
Aikinite
'Aikinite-Bismuthinite Series'
Alabandite
Albite
var: Andesine
var: Oligoclase-Albite
var: Pericline
'Albite-Anorthite Series'
Algodonite
'Allanite'
Allanite-(Ce)
Alleghanyite
Allophane
var: Cupro-Allophane
Almandine
'Almandine-Pyrope Series'
'Almandine-Spessartine Series'
Altaite
'Amphibole Group'
Analcime
Anatase
Andalusite
var: Chiastolite
Andorite
Andradite
var: Demantoid
var: Hydroandradite
var: Melanite
var: Topazolite
Anglesite
Anhydrite
Anilite
Ankerite
Annabergite
Annite
Anorthite
var: Bytownite
Ansermetite (TL)
Anthophyllite
Antigorite (TL)
Antimony
Antlerite
'Apatite'
'var: Phosphorite'
Apatite-(CaCl)
Apatite-(CaF)
var: Mn-bearing Apatite-(CaF)
Apatite-(CaOH)
'Apophyllite'
Apophyllite-(KF)
Aragonite
var: Flos Ferri
Ardennite-(As)
Argentopentlandite
Argentopyrite
Armenite
Arsendescloizite ?
Arsenic
Arsenic Sulphide Glass No. 1
Arseniopleite
Arseniosiderite
Arsenoflorencite-(Ce)
Arsenogoyazite
Arsenolamprite
Arsenolite
Arsenopyrite
Arsenuranospathite
Artinite
Asbecasite (TL)
'Asbestos'
'Asphaltum'
Atacamite
Atelestite
Augite
Aurichalcite
Auricupride
Autunite
Awaruite
'Axinite'
Axinite-(Fe)
Azurite
Babingtonite
Baileychlore
Bariopharmacosiderite
Barroisite
Baryte
var: Strontian Barite
Bassanite
Bassetite
'Bastnäsite'
Bastnäsite-(Ce)
Baumhauerite (TL)
Baumhauerite-2a (TL)
Bavenite
Bayldonite
Bayleyite
Baylissite (TL)
Bazzite
Bearthite (TL)
Beaverite
Becquerelite
'Beidellite-Montmorillonite Series'
'Bementite (of Dana)'
Beraunite
Bergslagite
Berlinite
Bernardite
Berthierite
Bertrandite
Beryl
var: Aquamarine
var: Emerald
Berzelianite
Berzeliite
Betafite
β-Uranophane
Betekhtinite
Beudantite
Beyerite
Bieberite
Billietite
Bindheimite
Biotite
var: Manganophyllite
var: Titanian Biotite
Birnessite
Bismite
Bismuth
Bismuthinite
Bismutite
Bohdanowiczite
Böhmite
Bornite
Boulangerite
Bournonite
Boyleite
Brandtite
Brannerite
Braunite
Brochantite
Brookite
Brucite
Brushite
Bursaite
Cabalzarite (TL)
Cafarsite (TL)
Calaverite
Calcite
var: Cobaltoan Calcite
var: Manganoan Calcite
Calderite
Caledonite
Camerolaite
Cannizzarite
Carbonatecyanotrichite
Carminite
Carpholite
Carrollite
Cassiterite
Cattierite
Celestine
var: Barian Celestine
Celsian
Cerussite
Cervandonite-(Ce)
Cervantite
Cervelleite
Cesàrolite
'Chabazite'
Chabazite-Ca
Chabazite-Sr
Chalcanthite
'Chalcedony'
'var: Agate'
'var: Carnelian'
Chalcocite
Chalconatronite
Chalcophyllite
Chalcopyrite
Chamosite (TL)
Cheralite
Chernovite-(Y)
Chesterite
'Chlorite Group'
Chloritoid
Chondrodite
Chromite
Chrysoberyl
Chrysocolla
Chrysotile
Cinnabar
Claraite
Clausthalite
'Clay'
Cleusonite (TL)
Clinochlore
var: Pennine
var: Ripidolite
var: Sheridanite
Clinochrysotile
Clinoenstatite
Clinohumite
var: Titanclinohumite
'Clinopyroxene Subgroup'
Clinozoisite
'Coal
var: Anthracite'

Cobaltite
Coffinite
Coloradoite
Columbite
Columbite-(Fe)
Columbite-(Mn)
Compreignacite ?
Conichalcite
Cookeite
Copiapite
Copper
Coquimbite
Cordierite
Cornubite
Corundum
var: Ruby
Cosalite
Coulsonite
Covellite
Crednerite
Crichtonite
'Crichtonite-Senaite Series'
Cristobalite
Crookesite
Crossite
Cryptomelane
Cualstibite
Cubanite
Cummingtonite
Cuprite
Cuprobismutite
Cuprosklodowskite
Cyanotrichite
Cymrite
Danburite
Datolite
Dawsonite
Descloizite
Devilline
Dewindtite
Diaspore
Dickite
Dietrichite
Digenite
Diopside
var: Chromian Diopside
Djerfisherite
Djurleite
Dolomite
var: Ferroan Dolomite
var: Taraspite
Domeykite
Dravite
'Dravite-Schorl Series'
Dufrénoysite (TL)
Duftite
Dumortierite
Dyscrasite
Eclarite
Edenharterite (TL)
Edenite
'Edenite-Pargasite Series'
Emplectite
Empressite ?
Enargite
Enstatite
var: Bronzite
Epidote
Epistilbite
Epsomite
Erniggliite (TL)
Erythrite
Euchroite
Euclase
Eugsterite
Eulytine
Euxenite-(Y)
Fairfieldite
Fayalite
'Feldspar Group'
Ferrarisite
Ferrimolybdite
Ferrisicklerite
Ferro-Actinolite
Ferropargasite
Ferrotschermakite
Fetiasite (TL)
Fianelite (TL)
Fibroferrite
Florencite-(Ce)
Fluorite
Forsterite
Fourmarierite
Françoisite-(Ce) (TL)
Friedelite
Friedrichite
Froodite
Fergusonite-(Y)
Gabrielite (TL)
'Gadolinite'
Gadolinite-(Y)
Gahnite
Galaxite
Galena
var: Argentiferous Galena
var: Bismuthiferous Galena
Galenobismutite
Ganterite (TL)
'Garnet Group'
Gasparite-(Ce)
Gaylussite
Gedrite
Geerite
Geigerite (TL)
'Geikielite-Ilmenite Series'
Geocronite
'Geocronite-Jordanite Series'
Gersdorffite
Giessenite (TL)
'Giessenite-Izoklakeite Series'
Gladite
'Glass'
Glauberite
Glaucodot ?
Glauconite
Glaucophane
Goethite
Gold
var: Electrum
Gonnardite
Gorceixite
Goslarite
Goyazite
Graeserite (TL)
Graftonite
Gramaccioliite-(Y)
Graphite
Greenalite
Greenockite
Greigite
Grimselite (TL)
Grischunite (TL)
Grossular
var: Hessonite
Guanajuatite
Gudmundite
Guérinite
Gunningite
Gypsum
var: Alabaster
Haidingerite
Halite
Halloysite
Halotrichite
Hammarite ?
Hatchite (TL)
Hausmannite
Haüyne
Hawleyite
Heazlewoodite
Hedenbergite
Hedleyite
Helvite
Hematite
var: Iron Rose
var: Martite
Hemimorphite
Hercynite
var: Picotite
Herzenbergite
Hessite
Hetaerolite
Heterogenite
'Heterogenite-3R'
Heterosite
'Heulandite'
Heulandite-Ca
Hexahydrite
Heyrovskýite
Hidalgoite
Högbomite
Hollandite
'Hornblende'
Hörnesite
Humite
Hureaulite
Hutchinsonite (TL)
Hyalophane (TL)
Hydrocerussite
Hydroglauberite
Hydrohetaerolite
Hydromagnesite
Hydrozincite
Idaite ?
Ilesite
Illite
Ilmenite
Ilvaite
Imhofite (TL)
Iron
var: Kamacite

Izoklakeite
Jáchymovite
Jacobsite
Jadeite
Jahnsite-(CaMnFe)
Jamesonite
Jarosite
Jentschite (TL)
Jimthompsonite
Johannite
Johninnesite
Jordanite (TL)
Joséite
Joséite-B
Kainosite-(Y)
Kalicinite (TL)
Kamotoite-(Y)
Kaolinite
Kasolite
Kemmlitzite
Kermesite
Kësterite
Klockmannite
Kobellite
'Könleinite'
Koutekite
Krupkaite
Kryzhanovskite
Ktenasite
Kutnohorite
Kyanite
Laitakarite
Landesite
Langite
Lansfordite
Laumontite
Lautite
Lavendulan
Lazulite
Leadhillite
Lengenbachite (TL)
Lepidocrocite
Leucite
Lillianite
Limonite
var: Bean Ore
Linarite
Lindbergite
Linnaeite
Lipscombite
Liveingite (TL)
Lizardite
Löllingite
Lorándite
Ludlamite
Mackinawite
Maghagendorfite
Maghemite
Magnesiocarpholite
Magnesiochloritoid (TL)
Magnesiocopiapite
Magnesiohastingsite
'Magnesiohastingsite-Pargasite Series'
Magnesiohornblende
Magnesiokatophorite
Magnesioriebeckite
Magnesite
var: Breunnerite
var: Ferroan Magnesite
var: Mesitine Spar
Magnetite
Makovickyite ?
Malachite
Manganberzeliite
'Manganese Oxides'
Manganite
Manganlotharmeyerite (TL)
Manganocummingtonite
Manganosite
Marcasite
Marécottite (TL)
Margarite
Marrite (TL)
Marthozite
Marumoite (TL)
Masuyite
Matildite
Maucherite ?
Mawsonite
Medaite
Meionite
Melanterite
Melilite
Meneghinite
Merrillite
Mesolite
Messelite
Meta-autunite
Metakahlerite
Metasideronatrite
Metastibnite
Metatorbernite
Metazeunerite
Miargyrite
'Mica Group'
Microcline
Microlite
Milarite (TL)
Millerite
Mimetite
Minium
Mirabilite
Mitridatite
Mixite
Molybdenite
'Molybdenite-2H'
'Molybdenite-3R'
'Monazite'
Monazite-(Ce)
Monohydrocalcite
Montmorillonite
Montroseite
Morenosite
Mottramite
var: Duhamelite
Muscovite
var: Barian Muscovite
var: Fuchsite
'Muscovite-Paragonite Series'
Nagyágite
Nahcolite
Natrojarosite
Natrolite
Natron
Naumannite
Nepheline
Nesquehonite
Nickelalumite
Nickelhexahydrite
Nickeline
'Nickel-iron'
Nickelskutterudite
Nolanite
Nontronite
Nosean
Nováčekite-I
Nowackiite (TL)
'Oligoclase-Andesine'
Olivenite
'Olivine'
Omphacite
Opal
var: Opal-AN

Ordoñezite ?
Orpiment
Orthochamosite
Orthochrysotile
Orthoclase
'Orthopyroxene Subgroup'
Orthoserpierite
Palenzonaite
Palygorskite
Paragonite (TL)
Paraniite-(Y)
Pararammelsbergite
Pararealgar
Parasymplesite
Paratacamite
Pargasite
Parisite-(Ce)
Parnauite
Parsettensite (TL)
Parvowinchite
Pearceite
'Pearceite-Polybasite Series'
'Pearceite-T2ac'
Pekoite
Pennantite
Pentlandite
Perovskite
'Perthite'
Pharmacolite
Pharmacosiderite
Phenakite
Phengite
Phillipsite-K
Phlogopite
Phosphosiderite
Phuralumite ?
Pickeringite
var: Manganoan Pickeringite
Picropharmacolite
Piemontite
var: Strontian Piemontite
'Pinite'
Pitticite
Pizgrischite (TL)
Plattnerite
'Plessite'
Plumbojarosite
Posnjakite
Powellite
Prehnite
Preisingerite
Preiswerkite (TL)
Proustite
Pseudojohannite
'Psilomelane'
Pumpellyite-(Mg)
Pyrargyrite
Pyrite
var: Bravoite
Pyrobelonite
Pyrochlore
Pyrochroite
Pyrolusite
Pyromorphite
Pyrope
Pyrophanite
Pyrophyllite
Pyrosmalite-(Mn)
'Pyroxene Group'
Pyroxmangite
Pyrrhotite
Quadratite (TL)
Quartz
var: Amethyst
var: Blue Quartz
var: Eisenkiesel
var: Flint
var: Gwindle Quartz
var: Milky Quartz
var: Oil Quartz
var: Rock Crystal
var: Rutilated Quartz
var: Sceptre Quartz
var: Smoky Quartz
Rabejacite
Ralstonite ?
Rammelsbergite
Ranciéite
'Ranciéite-Takanelite Series'
Rathite (TL)
Realgar
Reevesite
Reppiaite
Retzian-(La)
Rhodochrosite
Rhodonite
Rhomboclase
Ribbeite
Richterite
Riebeckite
Rockbridgeite
Roméite
Römerite
Rosasite
Roscoelite
Rosickýite
Rösslerite
Rozenite
Rutile
var: Niobian Rutile
Safflorite
'Sagenite'
Sailaufite
Sainfeldite
Salammoniac
Samarskite-(Y)
Saneroite
Sanidine
Saponite
Sarkinite
Sartorite (TL)
Sauconite
'Saussurite'
'Scapolite'
Scarbroite
Scheelite
Scheuchzerite (TL)
Schoepite
Schorl
Schreibersite
Schröckingerite
Schulenbergite
Scolecite
Scorodite
Scorzalite
Segnitite
Seidozerite
Seligmannite (TL)
Senaite
Sénarmontite
Sepiolite
'Sericite'
'Serpentine Group'
'var: Bastite'
Serpierite
Shandite
Sicherite (TL)
Siderite
var: Mg-rich Siderite
var: Pistomesite
Sideronatrite
Siderophyllite
Siderotil
Siegenite
Sillimanite
Silver
Simonkolleite
Sinnerite (TL)
Sklodowskite
Skutterudite
'Smectite Group'
Smithite (TL)
Smithsonite
Smythite
Sobolevskite
Sodalite
Sonolite
Sorosite
Sperrylite
Spessartine
Sphalerite
Spinel
var: Ceylonite
var: Chromspinel
Spionkopite
Stalderite (TL)
Stanĕkite
Stannite
Stannoidite
Staurolite
var: Zincian Staurolite
Stellerite
Stephanite
Stibiconite
Stibiocolumbite
Stibnite
'Stilbite'
Stilbite-Ca
Stilpnomelane
Stolzite
Strashimirite
Stromeyerite
Strontianite
Strunzite
Struvite-(K) (TL)
Sulphur
Sursassite (TL)
Sussexite
Symplesite
'Synchysite'
Synchysite-(Ce)
Synchysite-(Y)
Szmikite
Szomolnokite
Taenite
Takanelite
Talc
Talmessite
Tamarugite
'Tapiolite'
Tapiolite-(Fe)
'Tauriscite'
Tellurium
Tennantite
'Tennantite-Tetrahedrite Series'
Tenorite
Tephroite
Tetra-auricupride
Tetradymite
Tetrahedrite
var: Argentian Tetrahedrite
var: Bismuthian Tetrahedrite
Thalcusite
Theisite
Thenardite
Thermonatrite
'Thomsonite'
Thomsonite-Ca
Thorogummite
Tilasite
Tinzenite (TL)
Tiragalloite
Titanite
Todorokite
Tooeleite
Topaz
Torbernite
'Tourmaline'
Trechmannite (TL)
Tremolite (TL)
Triphylite
Triplite
Tripuhyite
Troilite
Trona
Tschermakite
Tschermigite
Tučekite
Turtmannite (TL)
Tyrolite
Ullmannite
UM2000-05-E:AuSn
'Unnamed (Mg analogue of Smolianinovite)'
Uraninite
var: Pitchblende
Uranophane
Uranopilite
Uranopolycrase
Uranospinite
Uvarovite
Uvite
Valentinite
Valleriite
Vanadinite
Vandendriesscheite
Vermiculite
Vésigniéite
Vesuvianite
var: Californite
Violarite
Vivianite
Voltaite
Wallisite (TL)
'Wallkilldellite'
Wallkilldellite-(Mn)
Weibullite
Weilite
Whitmoreite
Wilcoxite
Winchite
Wiserite (TL)
Wittichenite
Wittite
Wollastonite
Woodruffite
Wulfenite
Wurtzite
Xanthoconite
Xenotime-(Y)
Xilingolite
Yarrowite
Zálesíite
Zeunerite
Zincocopiapite
Zincostaurolite (TL)
Zinkenite
Zippeite
Zircon
Zirconolite
Zoisite
var: Thulite


6774 entries listed. 702 valid minerals. 61 type localities (valid minerals). 1 type locality (other). 3 erroneous literature entries.

Localities in this Region:


490 localities of a total of 1517 localities shown. Additional sublocalities are indicated by the green plus sign.
Switzerland
 
    • Baden
    • Birmenstorf
    • Frick
    • Herznach
    • Mellikon
    • Riniken
    • Schafisheim
    • Appenzell
    • Arlesheim
    • Münchenstein
    • Pratteln
    • Bern
    • Moutier
    • Riggisberg
    • Utzenstorf
    • Grolley
    • Murist
    • Oberschrot
    • Plaffeien
    • Tafers
    • Ulmiz
    • Dardagny-Russin
    • Vernier
    • Versoix
    • Filztal
    • Niederen Valley
    • Walen lake
    • Cornol
    • Sörenberg
    • Cornaux
    • Cortaillod
    • Le Locle
    • Travers
    • Ennetbürgen
    • Engelberg
    • Lungern
    • Altdorf
    • Bargen
    • Neuhausen
    • Neunkirch
    • Schleitheim
    • Unteriberg
    • Bärschwil
    • Grenchen
    • Günsberg
    • Kienberg
    • Lommiswil
    • Matzendorf
    • Nunningen
    • Passwang
    • Rapperswil
    • Walenstadt
    • Seedorf
    • Baulmes
    • Gryon
    • Les Diablerets
    • Leysin
    • Payerne
    • Sainte-Croix
    • Villeneuve
    • Vouvry
    • Yens
    • Conthey
    • Saillon
    • Dielsdorf
    • Wiesendangen
    • Zürich

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