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Salt mine, Bex, Vaud (Waadt), Switzerland

(Mine de Sel, Bex, Vaud (Waadt), Suisse (Schweiz; Svizzera))

A huge salt mine, started in 1684.
Now open for visitors.

Ref.:
- http://www.mines.ch/
- Stalder, H. A., Wagner, A., Graeser, S. und Stuker, P. (1998): Mineralienlexikon der Schweiz. Wepf Verlag, Basel, 579 pp.
- Wanner, B. (2005) Schweizer Strahler nr.4 p.15-20 "Der Kristallsaal in der mine von Bex".





Mineral List:
Anglesite
Anhydrite
Aragonite
Atacamite
Celestine
Chalconatronite
Chalcopyrite
Devilline
Dolomite
Epsomite
Eugsterite
Galena
Gaylussite
Gunningite
Gypsum
Halite
Hemimorphite
Hexahydrite
Hydroglauberite
Hydromagnesite
Hydrozincite
Jarosite
Melanterite
Metasideronatrite
Mirabilite
Nahcolite
Natrojarosite
Natron
Paratacamite
Posnjakite
Pyrite
Salammoniac
Sideronatrite
Simonkolleite
Smithsonite
Sphalerite
Strontianite
Sulphur
Tamarugite
Thenardite
Thermonatrite
Trona


42 entries listed. 42 valid minerals.

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