Planggenstock (Uri)

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Planggenstock
300 kg crystal

300 kg crystal

height 2823  m above sea level M.
location Canton of Uri , Switzerland
Mountains Alps
Coordinates 679 252  /  164911 coordinates: 46 ° 37 '51 "  N , 8 ° 28' 25"  O ; CH1903:  six hundred seventy-nine thousand two hundred fifty-two  /  164911
Planggenstock (Uri) (Canton of Uri)
Planggenstock (Uri)

The Planggenstock is a mountain in the Swiss municipality of Göschenen with a summit height of 2823  m above sea level. M.

In 2005, the “Treasure of the Planggenstock”, a collection of large rock crystals, was discovered here . The find is exhibited in the Natural History Museum in Bern . Another spectacular find was made in 2008.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Bruno Arnold: Here you are in a different world. (PDF) Central Switzerland on Sunday, August 30, 2009, p. 34.
  2. ↑ Natural History Museum will be exhibiting giant crystals from Saturday. Berner Zeitung, May 12, 2011.