Lengenbach_Quarry Knowpia

The Lengenbach Quarry is located in the Binn Valley (Valais, Switzerland)^[1] and it is noted among the mineralogical community for its unusual sulfosalt mineral specimens.

The small village of Binn and its valley.

Sphalerite crystal on dolomite, Lengenbach

The dolomite hosted deposit of the quarry is in the Binn Valley, a small valley in the southwest of Switzerland in the Swiss canton of Valais. To its south lies Italy.

Mineralogy edit

The mineralogy has been studied for nearly 200 years. Lengenbach is the type locality for 48 minerals.^[2]

References edit

^ Website of the Lengenbach Quarry. Information about its location, minerals, history, etc. - in English
^ "Lengenbach Quarry, Im Feld (Imfeld; Feld; Fäld), Binn Valley, Wallis (Valais), Switzerland". Mindat.org. Retrieved 13 June 2010.

Bibliography on the mineralogy and geology of Lengenbach quarry
Binntal minerals information

46°22′00″N 8°11′30″E / 46.36667°N 8.19167°E / 46.36667; 8.19167

[1] Website of the Lengenbach Quarry. Information about its location, minerals, history, etc. - in English

[2] "Lengenbach Quarry, Im Feld (Imfeld; Feld; Fäld), Binn Valley, Wallis (Valais), Switzerland". Mindat.org. Retrieved 13 June 2010.

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