Schorl has only been recently identified from a pegmatite-hornfels contact specimen from L szl Horv th. The species was identified by microprobe by Bob Gault from the Canadian Museum of Nature.
Color is usually dark brown.
Luster is vitreous. Diaphaneity is opaque to translucent. Crystal Habits include embedded prismatic crystals to 1.5 cm. Cleavage is not apparent. Streak is grayish white to bluish white.