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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.

Refs.:
- Graeser, St. (1965): Die Mineralfunde im Dolomit des Binnatales. Schweiz. Mineral. Petrogr. Mitt., 45, 597-795.
- 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.

- 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)
- http://www.mineralien-basel.ch/images/Binntal/binntalbilder.htm




Mineral list contains contents from all localities listed at bottom of page


Mineral List:
  • Acanthite
  • Actinolite
       var: Byssolite
  • Adamite ?
  • Aeschynite-(Y)
  • Agardite-(Y)
  • Aikinite
  • Albite
       var: Pericline
  • 'Allanite'
  • Allanite-(Ce)
  • Almandine
  • Anatase
  • Andradite
       var: Demantoid
  • Anglesite
  • Anhydrite
  • Ankerite
  • Antigorite (TL)
  • Antlerite
  • 'Apatite'
  • Apatite-(CaF)
  • Aragonite
  • Arsendescloizite ?
  • Arsenic
  • Arsenic Sulphide Glass
  • 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
  • Cafarsite (TL)
  • Calcite
  • Carbonatecyanotrichite
  • Cerussite
  • Cervandonite-(Ce)
  • 'Chabazite'
  • Chalcophyllite
  • Chalcopyrite
  • Chernovite-(Y)
  • 'Chlorite Group'
  • Chromite
  • Chrysocolla
  • Chrysotile
  • 'Clay'
  • Clinochlore
       var: Pennine
       var: Ripidolite
       var: Sheridanite
  • Clinozoisite
  • Copper
  • Cornubite
  • Cosalite
  • Coulsonite
  • Covellite
  • Crichtonite
  • Cubanite
  • Cuprite
  • Cyanotrichite
  • Datolite
  • Dickite
  • Diopside
  • Djurleite
  • Dolomite
  • Dravite
  • Dufrénoysite (TL)
  • Edenharterite (TL)
  • Enargite
  • Epidote
  • Erniggliite (TL)
  • Ferropargasite
  • Fetiasite
  • Fluorite
  • Forsterite
  • Fergusonite-(Y)
  • Gabrielite (TL)
  • Gadolinite-(Y)
  • Galena
  • Galenobismutite
  • Gasparite-(Ce)
  • Geocronite
  • 'Geocronite-Jordanite Series'
  • Giessenite (TL)
  • Goethite
  • Gold
  • Gorceixite
  • Goyazite
  • Graeserite (TL)
  • Graphite
  • Greenockite
  • Greigite
  • Grossular
       var: Hessonite
  • Gypsum
  • Halite
  • Hammarite ?
  • Hatchite (TL)
  • Hematite
       var: Iron Rose
  • Hemimorphite
  • 'Heulandite'
  • Heulandite-Ca
  • Hutchinsonite (TL)
  • Hyalophane (TL)
  • Hydrozincite
  • Ilmenite
  • Ilvaite
  • Imhofite (TL)
  • Izoklakeite
  • Jarosite
  • Jentschite (TL)
  • Jordanite (TL)
  • Kaolinite
  • Kësterite
  • Kyanite
  • Laumontite
  • Lengenbachite (TL)
  • Lepidocrocite
  • Limonite
  • Liveingite (TL)
  • Lizardite
  • Lorándite
  • Mackinawite ?
  • Magnesite
  • Magnetite
  • Makovickyite ?
  • Malachite
  • Marcasite
  • Marrite (TL)
  • Marumoite (TL)
  • Mesolite
  • Meta-autunite
  • Metakahlerite
  • Metatorbernite
  • Metazeunerite
  • 'Mica Group'
  • Milarite
  • Mimetite
  • Molybdenite
  • 'Molybdenite-3R'
  • 'Monazite'
  • Monazite-(Ce)
  • Montmorillonite
  • Muscovite
       var: Barian Muscovite
       var: Fuchsite
  • Natrolite
  • Nolanite
  • Nowackiite (TL)
  • 'Olivine'
  • Opal
    var: Opal-AN
  • Orpiment
  • Orthoclase
    var: Adularia
  • Palygorskite
  • Paragonite
  • Pararealgar
  • Pargasite
  • Parisite-(Ce)
  • Pentlandite
  • Pharmacosiderite
  • Phenakite
  • Phengite
  • Phlogopite
  • Prehnite
  • Preiswerkite (TL)
  • Proustite
  • Pyrargyrite
  • Pyrite
  • Pyrrhotite
  • Quadratite (TL)
  • Quartz
       var: Amethyst
       var: Rock Crystal
       var: Sceptre Quartz
       var: Smoky Quartz
  • Ralstonite ?
  • Rathite (TL)
  • Realgar
  • Reevesite
  • Rutile
  • Sartorite (TL)
  • 'Scapolite'
  • Scheelite
  • Schorl
  • 'Schorl-Dravite Series'
  • Scolecite
  • Seligmannite (TL)
  • Senaite
  • Sicherite (TL)
  • Siderite
       var: Mg-rich Siderite
  • Silver
  • Sinnerite (TL)
  • Smithite (TL)
  • Smithsonite
  • Smythite
  • Spessartine
  • Sphalerite
  • Stalderite (TL)
  • Stellerite
  • Stephanite
  • 'Stilbite'
  • Struvite-(K) (TL)
  • Sulphur
  • 'Synchysite'
  • Synchysite-(Ce)
  • Talc
  • Tennantite
  • 'Tennantite-Tetrahedrite Series'
  • Tenorite
  • Tetra-auricupride
  • Tetrahedrite
  • Thalcusite
  • Thomsonite-Ca
  • Tilasite
  • Titanite
  • Torbernite
  • 'Tourmaline'
  • Trechmannite (TL)
  • Tremolite
  • Tyrolite
  • Uraninite
  • Uvite
  • Vesuvianite
  • Violarite
  • Wallisite (TL)
  • Wulfenite
  • Wurtzite
  • Xanthoconite
  • Xenotime-(Y)
  • Zálesíite
  • Zeunerite
  • Zoisite


    252 entries listed. 210 valid minerals. 33 type localities (valid minerals). 1 type locality (other).

    Localities in this Region:
    Switzerland
     
    • Wallis (Valais)
      • Binn Valley
          • Holzer peak
    Switzerland
     
    • Wallis (Valais)
      • Binn Valley
        • Geisspfad area
        • Heiligkreuz
        • Leng Valley

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