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Binn Valley, Wallis (Valais), Switzerland

Binntal, Wallis (Valais), Schweiz (Suisse; Svizzera)

The valley of the Binna river, thus also known as Binna valley (Binnatal), an eastern confluent of the upper Rhône river.

Mineral List

Mineral list contains entries from the region specified including sub-localities
Acanthite
Actinolite
'Actinolite-Tremolite Series'
Aeschynite-(Y)
Agardite-(Y)
Aikinite
Albite
var: Pericline
'Albite-Anorthite Series'
'Allanite'
Allanite-(Ce)
Almandine
Amphibole Supergroup
var: Byssolite

Anatase
var: Niobian Anatase
Andradite
var: Demantoid
Anglesite
Anhydrite
Ankerite
Antigorite (TL)
Antlerite
'Apatite'
Aragonite
Arsenic
'Arsenic Sulphide Glass No. 1'
Arsenolamprite
Arsenolite
Arsenopyrite
Asbecasite (TL)
'Asbestos'
Azurite
Baileychlore
Baryte
Baumhauerite (TL)
Baumhauerite-2a (TL)
Bernardite
Bertrandite
Beryl
var: Aquamarine
var: Emerald
'Biotite'
Bismuthinite
Bismutite
Bornite
Boulangerite
Bournonite
Brannerite
Brochantite
Brookite
Cadmoxite (TL)
Cafarsite (TL)
Calcite
Canfieldite
var: Tellurian Canfieldite

Carbonatecyanotrichite
Cerussite
Cervandonite-(Ce)
'Chabazite'
Chalcophyllite
Chalcopyrite
Chamosite
Chernovite-(Y)
'Chernovite-(Y)-Xenotime-(Y) Series'
'Chlorite Group'
Chromite
Chrysocolla
Chrysotile
Cinnabar
'Clay'
Clinochlore
Clinochlore
var: Pennine

var: Ripidolite
var: Sheridanite
Clinozoisite
Copper
Cornubite
Cosalite
Coulsonite
Covellite
Crichtonite
'Crichtonite-Senaite Series'
Cubanite
Cuprite
Cyanotrichite
Dalnegroite (TL)
Datolite
Debattistiite (TL)
Dickite
Diopside
Djurleite
Dolomite
Dravite
'Dravite-Schorl Series'
Dufrénoysite (TL)
Edenharterite (TL)
Enargite
Epidote
Epsomite
Erniggliite (TL)
Fergusonite-(Y)
Ferro-pargasite
Fetiasite (TL)
Fluorapatite
Fluorite
Forsterite
Gabrielite (TL)
Gadolinite-(Y)
Galena
Galenobismutite
'Garnet'
Gasparite-(Ce)
Geocronite
'Geocronite-Jordanite Series'
Giessenite (TL)
Goethite
Gold
Gorceixite
'Gorceixite-Goyazite Series'
Goyazite
Graeserite (TL)
Graphite
Greenockite
Greigite
Grossular
var: Hessonite
Gypsum
Halite
Hatchite (TL)
Hematite
var: Iron Rose
Hemimorphite
'Heulandite'
Heulandite-Ca
Hexahydrite
Hörnesite
Hutchinsonite (TL)
'Hyalophane' (TL)
Hydrocerussite
Hydrozincite
Ilmenite
Ilvaite
Imhofite (TL)
Izoklakeite
Jarosite
Jentschite (TL)
Jordanite (TL)
Kaolinite
Kesterite
'K Feldspar
var: Adularia'

Kyanite
Laumontite
Lengenbachite (TL)
Lepidocrocite
'Limonite'
Liveingite (TL)
Lizardite
Lorándite
Magnesite
Magnetite
Malachite
Marcasite
Marrite (TL)
Marumoite (TL)
Mesolite
Meta-autunite
Metakahlerite
Metatorbernite
Metazeunerite
'Mica Group'
Milarite
Mimetite
Molybdenite
'Molybdenite-2H'
'Molybdenite-3R'
'Monazite'
Monazite-(Ce)
var: Turnerite
Montmorillonite
Muscovite
var: Barian Muscovite
var: Fuchsite
Natrolite
Nolanite
Nowackiite (TL)
'Olivine'
Opal
var: Opal-AN

Orpiment
Palygorskite
Paragonite
Pararealgar
Pargasite
Parisite-(Ce)
Pearceite
Pentlandite
Pharmacosiderite
Phenakite
'Phengite'
Phlogopite
'Pinite'
Prehnite
Preiswerkite (TL)
Proustite
Pyrargyrite
Pyrite
Pyrrhotite
Quadratite (TL)
Quartz
var: Amethyst
var: Rock Crystal
var: Sceptre Quartz
Quartz
var: Smoky Quartz

Raberite (TL)
Rathite (TL)
Realgar
Reevesite
Rosasite
Rutile
var: Niobian Rutile
'Sagenite'
Sartorite (TL)
'Scapolite'
Scheelite
Schorl
Scolecite
Scorodite
Seligmannite (TL)
Senaite
Sicherite (TL)
Siderite
var: Mg-rich Siderite
Silver
Sinnerite (TL)
'Smectite Group'
Smithite (TL)
Smithsonite
Smythite
Spessartine
Sphalerite
Stalderite (TL)
Staurolite
Stellerite
Stephanite
'Stilbite'
Strashimirite
Struvite-(K) (TL)
Sulphur
'Synchysite'
Synchysite-(Ce)
Talc
Tennantite
'Tennantite-Tetrahedrite Series'
Tenorite
Tetra-auricupride
Tetrahedrite
Thalcusite
'Thomsonite'
Thomsonite-Ca
Thorogummite
Tilasite
Titanite
Tochilinite
Torbernite
'Tourmaline'
Trechmannite (TL)
Tremolite
Tyrolite
Uraninite
Vesuvianite
Violarite
Wallisite (TL)
Weissbergite
Wulfenite
Wurtzite
Xanthoconite
Xenotime-(Y)
Zálesíite
Zeunerite
Zircon
Zoisite


294 entries listed. 222 valid minerals. 38 type localities (valid minerals). 1 type locality (other).

Localities in this Region

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References

- Graeser, St. (1965): Die Mineralfunde im Dolomit des Binnatales. Schweiz. Mineral. Petrogr. Mitt., 45, 597-795.
- Graeser, S., and Hoefs, J. (1968): Schwefelisotopenuntersuchungen an Sulfiden und Sulfosalzen des Binnatales. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology 17, 165-172.
- Stalder, H. A., Embrey, P., Graeser, St. & Nowacki, W. (1978): Die Mineralien des Binntales. - Separatdruck aus: Jahrbuch 1975-1977, Naturhistorisches Museum der Stadt Bern. (in German)
- Schwanz, J. (1994): Das Binntal und seine Mineralien. - Hrsg. und Verlag André Gorsatt, Binn. 271 pp. (and references therein) (in German)
- extraLapis No. 28: Binntal. Christian Weise Verlag, München, 100 pp.


External Links

- http://binn.strahlen.org/ ("All localities for minerals in the Binntal with detailed description")
- http://binn.strahlen.org/php/frame.php?section=lit (Complete list of references)

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