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Paragonite from
Lengenbach Quarry, Fäld, Binn, Goms, Valais, Switzerland


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Paragonite
Formula:NaAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Paragonite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Lengenbach Quarry, Fäld, Binn, Goms, Valais, Switzerland
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:8353
Long-form Identifier:1:3:8353:9
GUID (UUID V4):ebafb8f0-6e84-47a5-8502-343e2c1272ca
Nearest other occurrences of Paragonite
15.1km (9.4 miles) Mount Teggiolo, Trasquera, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
35.5km (22.0 miles) Ghiacciaio del Bottarello, Val Loranco, Antrona Schieranco, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
41.7km (25.9 miles) Allalin glacier, Allalin area, Saas-Almagell, Visp, Valais, Switzerland
43.3km (26.9 miles) Sponda Alp - Pizzo Forno, Chironico Valley, Faido, Leventina, Ticino, Switzerland
45.3km (28.1 miles) Brunegg pass, Turtmann Valley, Turtmann-Unterems, Leuk, Valais, Switzerland
47.4km (29.5 miles) Paragonite occurrence, Täsch Valley, Täsch, Visp, Valais, Switzerland
49.9km (31.0 miles) Zerlauenen, Findel glacier (Findeln glacier; Findelen glacier) area, Zermatt, Visp, Valais, Switzerland
69.9km (43.5 miles) Zapporthorn whiteschist outcrop, Mesocco, Moesa Region, Grisons, Switzerland
73.3km (45.6 miles) Cima di Gagela, Mesocco, Moesa Region, Grisons, Switzerland
73.6km (45.7 miles) Trescolmen whiteschist outcrop, Mesocco, Moesa Region, Grisons, Switzerland
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
CH-4001 Basel, Switzerland and Mineralogical Institute of the University CH-4056 Basel, Switzerland Probably...excavations in GalloRoman sites in southern Switzerland (Canton Valais, Binn) several crystal treasures were discovered...in particular sulfosalt minerals from the Lengenbach quarry in Binntal-which, at least in part, are still...in several large natural history museums in Switzerland and abroad were assembled (for example, the outstanding...mineral locality in the Alps, namely, the Lengenbach quarry in Binntal. In 1958, due to the initiative
Journal (issue)
Bochum, W. Germany Eric Offermann Arlesheim, Switzerland Harold and Erica Van Pelt Los Angeles, CA photomicrography:...Simmons & F. J. Wicks Calcioferrite from the Moculta quarry, near Angaston, South Australia .................York Mineralogical Club field trip to Penitentiary quarry, Snake Hill, New Jersey, on September 4, 1893 (photo...least in part the sodium analog of muscovite, paragonite. Brilliant green mica that occurs locally within...stage at Graves Mountain by Carpenter (1982). Paragonite NaAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH) A relatively important percentage
Book (volume)
L'Ossola ... .. .. . . . . .. Cap. XXXIII - La Val di Binn .. . .. . Cap. XXXIV - Zone del Grimsel e della...Go­ schener Alp nel cantone di U ri, la Valle di Binn e le zone del Grimsel e della Furka nell'alto Vallese...ancora oggi. esistono famiglie, quali gli Imhof di Binn, i Caveng di Sedrun e gli Indergand di Goschenen...classico esempio e costituito dalla cava di Lengenbach in Val di Binn, in cui l'origine dei solfuri e dei solfosali...localita sono costituiti dalle do­ lomie della Valle di Binn, di Crevola d'Ossola e della Galleria del Sempione
Journal (issue)
Carolina. Muscovite (twinned) from the Nello Teer Quarry near Raleigh, N. C. in pegmatite veins where pneumatolytic...(A12Si2) 010 (OH)2 Best known of "brittle micu" Paragonite NaA12 (A1Si3) 010 (OH>2 Sodium-bearing mica...North Carolina often associated with corundum. PARAGONITE, NaA1 2 (A1Si 3) 0 10 (OH)2 : This is a white...is uncommon. Major localities are at Ticino, Switzerland; Austria; and Italy. POLYLITIIlONITE, KLi 2 A1Si...example of twinned muscovite from the NeUo Teer Quarry, Raleigh, N. C. Fleischer, Michael, Chao, G. Y
Book (volume)
L'Ossola .. . . .. ... . . . . Cap. XXXIII - La Val di Binn . .. . . . Cap. XXXIV - Zone del Grimsel e della...a cavallo >> tra la Val For­ mazza e la Valle di Binn. Questi esemplari sono caratteristici anche per...saccaroide bianca (2x). Ochsenfeld, a/ta Valle di Binn. rissimo di ferro e di alluminio. 11 colore e chia­...dolo­ mia nelle vicinanze del Sempione (Valle di Binn). Nel Tirolo austriaco, della bella tremolite si...delle miche a) Serie de/la muscovite M uscovite Paragonite Margarite Celadonite KAl 2 ( 0 H , F ) iAISi3
Book
Bauditz, Vejby, Denmark; Pierre Perroud, Geneve, Switzerland; Jiri Just, Perth, Australia; Richard Thomssen...Ca)5Ali2(P04)8(0H)22*32H20, 0 Orth. Pearly colorless. Moculta quarry, Angaston (near), South Australia, Australia. H=...Sub-translucent dirty yellow, brownish-yellow, green. Vilate quarry, Chanteloube, Haute-Vienne, France. H= 5-5.5, Djn=3...Translucent yellow. Cherbadung, Binntal, Valais (Wallis), Switzerland. H= 6.5-7, Djj4=3.70, Dg=3.71, VIID...white in reflected light. Lengenbach quarry, Binntal, Valais (Wallis), Switzerland. H= 3, Djjj= 5.329, Dc=
Book (edition)
(in alphabetical order): Thomas Armbrusler (Switzerland). Daniel Atcncio (Brazil). Malcolm Back (Canada)...tric .. rclated to Tbomasclarklte-(Y), Pouelrette quarry. Moni Saint-llilairc. RoU\,ille County, Qu bec...K)AISi:0 6, tel., compare Leucite. Tataraza\\a quarry. Fujioka, Gunma Prcfccturc, Japan. MR 30, 5--6...CaAl(Si.Al),O,(OH},·(I 11O,CI). mon., Graphitc quarry. Amstall. lowcr Austria, Austria. 73. 1492. NJMM...Cherbadung. Binntal (Binnatal), Canton Wallis, Switzerland. 52. 1583, 55, 1818. MM57, 315-322 (stt.) D
Book (edition)
common terms are not abbreviated, e.g. canton (Switzerland), vilayet (Turkey), region (Chile), kray and...Menzenschwand Scbwarzwald Mts., in the Sailauf quarry, Spessart Mts., Bavaria. both Germany, and from...to Hot Springco., Arkansas, in the Point of Rock quarry, pearly. Clea,·age {001} perfect. {100} and {010}...mineral of alkaline rocks in the Point of Rocks quarry, Colfax co., New Mexico, with aegirine and arfvedsonite...SwitzerlandItaly, overlooking Binntal, Valais canton, Switzerland, also crystals in Obersulzbachtal Valley
Book (edition)
(brownish pleochroism), silicates (dark grey); Basalt Quarry Bühl near Kassel, Germany [j]; Nic. // C Iron (dark...(brown and multicolour internal reflections); Basalt Quarry Bühl near Kassel, Germany [j]; Nic. + 20 Iron...iron (light grey), silicates (dark grey); Basalt Quarry Bühl near Kassel, Germany [j]; Nic. // B Schreibersite...silicates (brown internal reflections); Basalt Quarry Bühl near Kassel, Germany [j]; Nic. + 34 Schreibersite...Poland (Ramdohr’s description points to the dolomite quarry near Redziny, Czarnów) [j]; Nic. // B Euhedral
Book
10:215-217 ADULARIA Adu Iaria from the Howard-Montgomery quarry, Howard County, Maryland (by J. S. White) 25:53-54...minerals in the Alpine ar,d Subalpine region [Switzerland,Austria and Iti:Jy](by C. M. Gramaccioli) 8:287-293...ANALCIME Natrolite and analcime from Eckman Creek quarry. Waldport. Oregon (by M. Groben) 1:153, 1:173,...23:88-90 ANCYLITE Calcian ancylite from [the Keystone quarry near Cornog,] Pennsylvania: new data (by F. A....13:107-112 ANDERSON, WAYNE --and R. Stinchfield: Pint's quarry. Black Hawk County, Iowa 20:473-479 ANDOVER MINE
Book
trapezohedron faces (cp. Fig. 17, p. 131) . Switzerland. Be/,;w Elongated prismatic crysffiis (cp. Fig...cavities of Alpine type around the Gross Venediger. SWITZERLAND - Riffelberg near Zermatt. 77 ARGENTITE Ag...South-West Africa. &low Smoky ciuartz. Val Giuv, Switzerland. PLATE 15 Sea produced 'yellow copper' by...Tavesch, and exceptional crystals in the marble of Lengenbach, Binnatal. AuSTRIA schalenblende at Bleiberg...parallelintergrown crystals showing skeletal development. Switzerland. Bel()W left Phantom quartz. Minas Gerais, Brazil
Book
Nruuibia. Crystals of binnite -in Lengenbach, Binntal, Switzerland, up to 30 nun (P/16 in). Crystals...in contact metamorphic limestone from the Kalkar quarry, California, USA. Application: Sn ore. Cylindrite...Massachusetts, USA; also Val d' Anniviers, Wallis, Switzerland. Massive aggregates come from Doliina, Slovakia;...from the cavities in dolomite from Lengenbach, Binntal, Switzerland. Livingstonite HgSb4Sg MONOCLINIC...Luis Potosi, Mexico. Rathite, 60 mm, Binntal, Switzerland Sartorite PbAs2S4 Rathite •• MONOCLINIC
Book
indigenous people of the discovery area. Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, Rouville County, Quebec, Canada...Mineralogy, University of Adelaide, Australia. Moculta quarry, Angaston, South Australia, Australia. From Gk...beryllium, calcium, and silicon. Cherbadung, Valais, Switzerland. Named after its discovery locality, at...Freiberg, Germany. Legenbach quarry, Binntal Valley, Valais, Switzerland. Solly, RH. (1902): Mineral....compound in 1952. Gerstenegg, Grimsel, Bern, Switzerland. Walenta, K. (1976): Schweiz. Mineral. Petrogr
Book
Tsumeb, Namibia. Crystals of binnite in Lengenbach, Binntal. Switzerland, up to 30 mm (l'/i6 in). Crystals...in contact metamorphic limestone from the Kalkar quarry, California, USA. Application: Sn ore. Cylindrite...Massachusetts, USA: also Val d'Anniviers, Wallis, Switzerland. Massive aggregates come from Dobsina, Slovakia;...from the cavities in dolomite from Lengenbach, Binntal, Switzerland. Livingstonite HgSb4S8 MONOCLINIC...known in metamorphic veins in Val d'Anniviers, Switzerland. Betekhtinite Cu| 0 (Fe,Pb)S 6 ORTHORHOMBIC
Book (edition)
Mexico (#2, column 1) and TENNANTITE, Dresser quarry, Walton, Nova Scotia, Canada (13, column 2). ...Mineralogical Museum , University of Berne, Switzerland Mineralogical Museum , University of Copenhagen... Also in Canada, Scotland, England, Sweden, Switzerland, Japan, and New Zealand (nephrite). BEST REF...the floor of the 910-foot level of the Commercial Quarry, Crestmore, California, associated with quartz...(cleavelandite), England, Norway, Sweden, France, Italy, Switzerland (pericline), Austria, Germany, USSR, India, Japan
Book (edition)
Hans A. Stalder: Natural History Museum, Bern, Switzerland. Hugo Strunz: Institute of Mineralogy, Technical...Grasshopper Mt., Tulameen, BC, Canada; Kaltenberg, Valais, Switzerland; Bogota, near Canala, New Caledonia; Mt....intrusion, NWT, Canada; Selva, near Poschiavo, Switzerland; Oko, near Koti, Japan; Red Hills, Wairaw R....France; pic. Ste.-Marie-aux-Mines, Alsace, bach, Binn, SwitzerBlack Forest, and Marienberg, Saxony, Germany;...(1893-1973), professor of mineralogy, ETH, Zurich, Switzerland. Mon C2/m. a=11.066, b = 8.085, c = 7.965, B
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
_r 563 564 CHENEY,JOHNT., with C.V. Guidotti Paragonite contents of coexisting, nuscovites but texturally...(abstr.) V., with J.T. Cheney GUIDoTTI, CHARLES Paragonite contents of coexisting, but muscovites fron different...rnuscovite-quartz-calcite, assemblage stabi lity of 785 paragonite contents of coexisting nuscovites froin pelitic...Myrmekites in Haast Schist, r137 287 L076 in paragonite plus quartz, of 32 968 425 Wssbatpr Effect...mineral PABST, ADOLF review of book by K.-0. Paragonite, in nuscovites fron schists OTTEMANN, JOACHIM
Book
Africa Romania Russia Slovakia Spain Sweden Switzerland Tajikistan United Kingdom United States of America...REEMSi0 3 MP0 4 MC0 3 MS4+0 2 )0 Locality: Poudrette Quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, Rouville County, Quebec, Canada...Ag(As,Sb ) 18 S36 Locality: Lengenbach quarry, Binntal, Canton Wallis, Switzerland. Ocwrreuce: In Triassic...with a baurnhaueritelike supercel1 from Lengenbach, Switzerland. American Mineralogist 75, 915-922. 0 ...western ridge of the Stockham, Zermatt valley, Switzerland. Also found in the Dora Maira massif, between
Book (edition)
Also in Canada, Scotland, England, Sweden, Switzerland, Japan, Tanzania, Madagascar, and New Zealand... Canada; Habachtal, Austria; Rontongranite, Switzerland; and several localities in northern Italy. SELECTED...Hittero and elsewhere in Norway; near Pizbucendro, Switzerland; in the Ilmenskie Mountains, Urals, USSR; and...the floor of the 910 foot level of the Commercial Quarry, Crestn1ore, California, associated with quartz...Rowan County, North Carolina; at the Chantilly quarry, near Areola, Virginia; Cochise, Gila, and Pima
Book (edition)
Also in Canada, Scotland, England, Sweden, Switzerland, Japan, Tanzania, Madagascar, and New Zealand... Canada; Habachtal, Austria; Rontongranite, Switzerland; and several localities in northern Italy. SELECTED...Hitter6 and elsewhere in Norway; near Pizbucendro, Switzerland; in the IlImenskie Mountains, Urals, USSR; and...the floor of the 910 foot level of the Commercial Quarry, Crestmore, California, associated with quartz...Rowan County, North Carolina; at the Chantilly quarry, near Arcola, Virginia; Cochise, Gila, and Pima
Book (volume)
Belgium-the Netherlands-Extreme Western Germany, Switzerland, and Italy. Volume V (or Volume III, Part III)...contains inclusions of mudstone. The trachyte (in a quarry on Monte Axpe) is a fine-grained bluishwhite rock...muscovite and chlorite and perhaps by margarite and paragonite in the Blue shale and by albite and epidote as...should be categorized as middle Mesozoic. SWITZERLAND Middle Tertiary Copper, Lead, Silver A g e...R e c . , v. 8, p . 2 7 5 - 2 8 1 Schweiz. Lengenbach, H o e f s , J. and G r a e s e r , S . , 1
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MineralogicalRecord.com I IIMORIITE-(Y) EUROPE FRANCE Trimouns quarry, Luzenac, Ariege. Operated for talc since the beginning...beginning of the 20th century, the Trimouns quarry became well known to collectors around 1990 for the...1991). Simdeled, Aust-Agder. Early in 1999, in a quarry near S~ndeled, collectors opened a pocket containing...PORTUGAL Montijos quarry, Monte Redondo, Leiria Estremadura. The Montijos gabbro quarry at Monte Redondo...9: 1 (Gaines, 1971; Pimentel er al., 2009). SWITZERLAND Maderanertal east of Arnsteg, Uri. In the world
Journal (issue)
(1993). The Scheelite-skam of Salanfe (Valais, Switzerland). Bull. Suisse Min. Petr. 73: 4/-5/. DELAMETTE...Western Swiss Alps Dans : Deep structure of Switzerland. • Results from the National Research Program...from a geotraverse through the Central Alps, (Switzerland). Geoch. Cosmoch. Acta. Vol. 58, 11 ° JO, pp...les populations préhistoriques aussi bien dans le Valais que dans le Val d'Aoste voisin. L Les romains...ferroaxinite - 17 x 7 x 4 cm - Le Catog, Sembrancher, Valais, Suisse - Coll. : R. May - Photo : S. Ansern Epidote
Journal (issue)
Heidelberg, W. Germany Eric Offermann Arlesheim, Switzerland Jeffrey A. Scovil Phoenix, AZ Harold and Erica...Int'l., Co. Pequa Rare Minerals Peruvian Traditions Quarry Enterprises Raiders of the Lost Art Rich, Carter...73)(0,0H ,H 20 ) 3(0H,Cl)2 Locality: The Poudrette Quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, Rouville County, Quebec, Canada...73)(0,0H ,H 20 ) 3(0H,Cl)2 Locality: The Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, Rouville County, Quebec, Canada...Poudrette quarry from which the original material came was then known as the Demix quarry; they are now
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Europe Almaden, Ciudad Real, Spain Binntal, Switzerland Black Forest, Germany Cornwall, England Cumbria...Emerald Cassiterite Pyrite Magnetite Limestone quarry Calcite Gypsum Fluorite Galena Sphalerite Marcasite...locations: Cornwall, England; Freiberg, Germany; Valais, Switzerland; Panasqueira, Portugal; Kyushu Island, !name...found primarily in the Lengenbach quarry, Binnetal, in the Valais region of Switzerland. The mineral is nan1ed...Bau1nhauer, who discovered it at Lengenbach in 1902. The Lengenbach quarry is fan1ous among mineralogists
 
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