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


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Proustite
Formula:Ag3AsS3
Habit:Prismatic crystals to 1.5 mm
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Jordanite4 photos of Proustite associated with Jordanite at this locality.
Pyrite2 photos of Proustite associated with Pyrite at this locality.
Galena1 photo of Proustite associated with Galena at this locality.
Smithite1 photo of Proustite associated with Smithite at this locality.
Quadratite1 photo of Proustite associated with Quadratite at this locality.
Wurtzite1 photo of Proustite associated with Wurtzite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Proustite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Lengenbach Quarry, Fäld, Binn, Goms, Valais, Switzerland
Photo GalleryView Gallery (18 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:8870
Long-form Identifier:1:3:8870:1
GUID (UUID V4):cd0e5ce8-031a-4b55-9b07-da497275809e
Nearest other occurrences of Proustite
2.4km (1.5 miles) Reckibach, Binn, Goms, Valais, Switzerland
23.8km (14.8 miles) Crevoladossola Quarry, Crevoladossola, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
43.2km (26.9 miles) San Pietro Quarry (San Pietro Oratory), Nibbio, Mergozzo, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
72.1km (44.8 miles) Del Prete Quarry, Cuasso al Piano, Cuasso al Monte, Varese Province, Lombardy, Italy
98.9km (61.5 miles) Borgofranco Mines, Biò, Borgofranco d'Ivrea, Metropolitan City of Turin, Piedmont, Italy
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
new Cu-bearing sulfosalt from Lengenbach quarry, Binn valley, Switzerland: description and crystal structure...Universität Basel, Bernoullistrasse 30, CH-4056 Basel, Switzerland Institute of Mineralogy and Petrography, University...Innsbruck, Austria FGL (Forschungsgemeinschaft Lengenbach), Edith-Stein-Strasse 9, D-79110 Freiburg, Germany...new mineral from the Lengenbach quarry in the Binn Valley, Valais, Switzerland. It occurs as very rare...Markus Ecker, a well known mineral expert on the Lengenbach minerals for more than 25 years. K EY WORDS :
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
3105–3112 Dervillite, Ag2AsS2, from Lengenbach quarry, Binn valley, Switzerland: occurrence and crystal structure...I-35131, Padua, Italy FGL (Forschungsgemeinschaft Lengenbach), Via dello Storno 18, I-20147 Milan, Italy Museo...in a sample from the Lengenbach quarry in the Binn Valley, Valais, Switzerland. It occurs as very rare...formula. K EY WORDS : dervillite, silver, Lengenbach, Switzerland. Introduction DERVILLITE was described...Ag-rich minerals from the Lengenbach quarry, Binn Valley, Canton Valais, Switzerland (Nestola et al., 2010;
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
SINNERITE, Cu6As4S9, FROM THE LENGENBACH QUARRY, BINN VALLEY, SWITZERLAND: DESCRIPTION AND RE-INVESTIGATION...Luca DE BATTISTI FGL (Forschungsgemeinschaft Lengenbach), Via dello Storno 18, I-20147 Milano, Italy...from the ores of the Lengenbach quarry, Binn Valley, Canton Valais, Switzerland, by single-crystal X-ray...sulfosalts, Lengenbach, Switzerland Introduction The Lengenbach quarry, located in the Binn Valley, Canton...Canton Valais, Switzerland, is one of the premium localities for sulfosalt minerals, including Pb-sulfosalts
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
minerals Review The Lengenbach Quarry in Switzerland: Classic Locality for Rare Thallium Sulfosalts... * † Lengenbach Research Association (Forschungsgemeinschaft Lengenbach, FGL), Gemeinde Binn, Dorfstr...Dorfstr. 11, 3996 Binn, Switzerland Swiss Seismological Service, ETH Zurich, Sonneggstr. 5, 8092 Zurich, Switzerland;...Switzerland; phroth@sunrise.ch Correspondence: thomas.raber@kabelbw.de Anniversary publication—60 years...years of continuous mineral search at Lengenbach and 15 years of FGL. Received: 11 July 2018; Accepted:
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
TlPbAsS3, a new sulfosalt from the Lengenbach quarry, Binn Valley, Switzerland NICOLAS MEISSER1,*, PHILIPPE...discovered in the Lengenbach quarry, Imfeld, Binn Valley, Canton Valais, Switzerland, intimately associated...knowledge of the Lengenbach mineralogy during the first flourishing period of Lengenbach investigations,...thallium; arsenic; crystal structure; Lengenbach; Binn Valley; Switzerland. un 10 Musée cantonal de géologie...Lausanne, Anthropole, Dorigny, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland *Corresponding author, e-mail: nicolas.meisser@unil
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the private Bally foundation at Schonenwerd, Switzerland; and the Folch Museum at Barcelona, Spain. Because...Germanspeaking countries (Germany, Austria, Switzerland). The reasons for this are partly because they...rose", 10cm across, from Fibbia, St Gotthard, Switzerland. lnstitut fur Mineralogie und Lagerstattenlehre...contain minerals and rocks from the famous pegmatite quarry at Hagendorf, Oberpfalz, Bavaria. A further 600...FRG Brosso, Piemonte, Italy Piz Aul, Wallis, Switzerland 1 Room 1 0a 2 3 5 6 Tsumeb, Namibia Agrigento
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 (article/letter/editorial)
Pb11Sb13S30(S2)0.5, a new mineral from the Ceragiola marble quarry, Apuan Alps: Occurrence and crystal structure....Pb11Sb13S30(S2)0.5, is a new sulfosalt discovered at the quarry in the Ceragiola area, near Seravezza, Apuan Alps...Tl-bearing sulfosalt from the Lengenbach quarry, Binn Valley, Switzerland: Philrothite, TlAs3S5. Mineralogical...new mineral from the Lengenbach quarry in the Binn Valley, Valais, Switzerland. Philrothite was found...(Forschungsgemeinschaft Lengenbach) and a well-known mineral expert on the Lengenbach minerals for more than
Journal (issue)
and A. Palmstrom The Lengenbach Mineral Locality, Binna Valley, Valais, Switzerland......................Joseph Imhof Famous Mineral Localities: Lengenbach, Switzerland 275 by Stefan Graeser Rare Earth Minerals...Bochum-Querenburg, West Germany Eric Offermann Arlesheim, Switzerland photomicrography: Julius Weber Mamaroneck, New...g e n b a c h q u a rry , B in n a V a lle y , Valais, S w itz e rla n d (see a rtic le s in th is issue...KELLER-WILDI, W yhlenweg 40 CH 4 1 2 6 Bettingen, Switzerland ★ Cabinet specimens ★ Miniatures ★ Thumbnails
Report (issue)
34 Total 99.2 100.00 25.97 (1) Binntal, Switzerland. (2) AgAsS2 . Polymorphism & Series: Occurrence:...hutchinsonite, sartorite, rathite (Binntal, Switzerland); chabournéite, pierrotite, parapierrotite,...wakabayashilite, realgar, orpiment (Jas Roux, France); proustite, gersdorffite, argentian miargyrite (Silvermines...Ireland). Distribution: From the Lengenbach quarry, Binntal, Valais, Switzerland [TL]. At the Jas Roux deposit
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
to metamorphic settings, such as the Swiss Lengenbach quarry, to straiform deposits in sedimentary rock...associated with galena, chalcopyrite, gersdorffite, proustite, and acanthite (Sabina 1965). Mexico has produced...mine, Huanuco Tennantites from the famed Lengenbach quarry, Imfeld Department, in crystals to 4 cm on...Julcani district, (also written Im Feld) in Canton Valais (or Wallis in GerAngaraes Province, Huancavelica...Huancavelica Department, has produced man), Switzerland, are a micromounter’s dream. Tennantite specimens of tennantite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
assemblages found near Binnatal, Canton of Valais, Switzerland. Trechmannite in minute amounts has been...polished hardnessof either is Iess than that of proustite. Smithite and trechmannite in polished section...used, but appear distinctly less bluish than proustite. Both are moderately bireflecting (observed under...orange than the reddish internal reflections of proustite and more red than the bright orange of smithite...Strukturelle Untersuchungen an Sulfosalzen von Lengenbach, Binnatal (Kt. Wallis), Teil 3, Gitterkonstanten
Book (edition)
anisotropic); dike filling. Right (second from top): Late proustite (red internal reflections) filling quartz druse...red Mineral Chalcocite Selenium, native yes Proustite Tiemannite strong, light and strong, dark blue-grey...oxidised iron grain, silicates (dark grey); Basalt Quarry Bühl, Weimar near Kassel, Hessen, Germany (sample:...goethite (?, dark line), silicates (dark grey); Basalt Quarry Bühl near Kassel, Germany (sample: Hanel/Altherr);...part of grain), silicate matrix (dark grey); Stahl quarry, Dörrmorsbach, Aschaffenburg, Spessart, Franken
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Cornwall, xxvii. Bethany meteorite, 35. Binnenthal (Switzerland) minerals, xxxiv, xliii, 16, 72, 184, 204, 212...determining sp. gr. of grains, xxviii. Hamlinite from Binn, 389. Harrington (B. J.), formula of bornite, 121...a n d Solly (R. H.), zineiferous tennantite from Binn, xlii. -and Zambonini (F.), strfiverite, xlii. Projections...crystallographic, 99. gnomonic, 18, 104, 149. Proustite from Binnenthal, 189. Pseudomorphous cassiterite...- - and Prior (G. T.), red silver minerals from Binn, 288. Smithite, 74, 298, 409. Smythe (J. A.), analysis
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Cornwall, xxvii. Bethany meteorite, 35. Binnenthal (Switzerland) minerals, xxxiv, xliii, 16, 72, 184, 204, 212...determining sp. gr. of grains, xxviii. Hamlinite from Binn, 389. Harrington (B. J.), formula of bornite, 121...a n d Solly (R. H.), zineiferous tennantite from Binn, xlii. -and Zambonini (F.), strfiverite, xlii. Projections...crystallographic, 99. gnomonic, 18, 104, 149. Proustite from Binnenthal, 189. Pseudomorphous cassiterite...- - and Prior (G. T.), red silver minerals from Binn, 288. Smithite, 74, 298, 409. Smythe (J. A.), analysis
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 (article/letter/editorial)
and chemical constraints on the nature of the proustite–pyrargyrite solid-solution series Luca Bindi,1...belonging to the proustite–pyrargyrite group by evaluating 32 natural samples of proustite and 27 samples... The crystal structure of the members of the proustite–pyrargyrite solid solution consists of two sets...The compositional data support the concept that proustite–pyrargyrite solid solutions re-equilibrate and...solvus. Keywords: Sulfosalts, electron microprobe, proustite, pyrargyrite introduction Silver sulfosalts are
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Naturhistorisches Museum, Augustinerstraße 2, 4001 Basel, Switzerland 10 Institute of Mineral Industry, Danish Technical...recognized in several, relatively rare cases, e.g. for proustite versus xanthoconite, Ag3 AsS3 , for pyrargyrite...in distinct sites, or in distinct sulfosalts (Lengenbach deposit) jamesonite−benavidesite (e) Fe2+ ↔ Mn2+...rathite varieties from the deposit of Lengenbach, Switzerland, have been described. A critical review...deposit of Einfisch or Anniviers valley (Wallis, Switzerland) corresponds to a Birich (∼ 5 wt.%) variety of
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Crystallography, University of Bern, * Contribution Switzerland. - Part 30 of papers on sulfides and sulfosalts...only in the dolomite of the Lengenbach quarry (Binnatal, Ct. Wallis, Switzerland). The mineral was described...have been found during the last years in the Lengenbach quarry (NoWACKI,1967). The structure determination...silver is the two-fold one, which is observed in proustite (ENGEL and NOWACKI, 1966), pyrargyrite (ENGEL...sulfures de plomb et d'arsenic naturels du gisement de Binn. Bull. Soc. Fran9. Min. Cristallogr. 85, 15-47.
Crystallography, University of Bern, * Contribution Switzerland. - Part 30 of papers on sulfides and sulfosalts...only in the dolomite of the Lengenbach quarry (Binnatal, Ct. Wallis, Switzerland). The mineral was described...have been found during the last years in the Lengenbach quarry (NoWACKI,1967). The structure determination...silver is the two-fold one, which is observed in proustite (ENGEL and NOWACKI, 1966), pyrargyrite (ENGEL...sulfures de plomb et d'arsenic naturels du gisement de Binn. Bull. Soc. Fran9. Min. Cristallogr. 85, 15-47.
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
(As3+ 0.5 As0.5 )S6, equant crystals surrounding proustite (Ag3AsS3) crystals on Mn–calcite. Field of view...Department, Peru. Spryite is associated with proustite, argyrodite, and microscopic galena in a Mn-bearing...7Ag3.3)Σ=8GeS6, and catamarcaite, Cu6GeWS8) and proustite (Ag3AsS3) in silver-rich galena–sphalerite-rich...canfieldite, Ag8Sn(S, Te)6, from Lengenbach quarry, Binntal, Canton Valais, Switzerland: occurrence, description
Catalog/List
Very nice! ••• $75.00 81B02 URANINITE, Kinkel Quarry, Bedford, N.Y. (a) Excellent micro (to 3 mm) octahedral...masses(3 x 4 cm),.$5.00 81B04 RUTILE, Lengenbach Quarry, Binn, Switzerland.m/m single, black, bipyramid...50 81B33 POTASSIUM FELDSPAR, Saint Gotthard, Switzerland. (a) sharp white potassium feldspar (adularia)...81B41 PROUSTITE,Dolores Mine, Charnarcillo, Chile. Very nice, despite some damage. Pure proustite crystal...section~) 81B49 URANINITE, (Western Russell Brothers Quarry), near Standpipe Hill, Topsham, Sagadahoc County
Book (edition)
Polybasite II/E.05-50 466 Stephanite II/E.06-10 468 Proustite II/E.07-10 470 Pyrargyrite II/E.07-20 472 Xanthoconite...(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
Journal (issue)
Medenbach Bochum, Germany Eric Offermann Arlesheim, Switzerland photomicrography Julius Weber Mamaroneck, New...mineral have been found at the Pinchin (Bonter) quarry near Malone. Although the crystals are well-formed...spinel octahedrons in the marble at the Cam­ eron quarry near Carleton Place. Clinohumite occurs at the...of epidote occur at the Pinchin (Bonter) marble quarry near the village of Malone, at the Marmoraton iron...marble quarry, near Malone, Ontario. George and Susan Robinson specimen. chin (Bonter) marble quarry near
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
. Red silver minerals from the Binnenthal, Switzerland. On their Crystallographical Charavters. By G...specimens in the neighbom'hood of the village of Binn, Switzerland, particularly of those occurring in the white...white crystalline dolomite of the Lengenbach quarry, and his patient energy has been rewarded by the discovery...in streak from realgar, a common mineral in the quarry. From geniemetrical measurement of a few crystals...L V E R ~IINERALS F R O m T H E BINNENTHA.L, SWITZERLAND. 285 association with sartorite, or other sulpharsenite
 
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