The valley of the Binna river, thus also known as Binna valley (Binnatal), an eastern confluent of the upper Rhône river.
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.
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http://binn.strahlen.org/ ("All localities for minerals in the Binntal with detailed description")
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http://binn.strahlen.org/php/frame.php?section=lit (Complete list of references)
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http://www.mineralien-basel.ch/images/Binntal/binntalbilder.htm 1012 entries listed. 213 valid minerals. 34 type localities (valid minerals). 1 type locality (other). 1 erroneous literature entry.
