 | Bindi, L., Nestola, F., Graeser, S., Tropper, P., Raber, T. (2015) Eckerite, Ag2CuAsS3, a new Cu-bearing sulfosalt from Lengenbach quarry, Binn valley, Switzerland: description and crystal structure. Mineralogical Magazine, 79 (3) 687-694 doi:10.1180/minmag.2015.079.3.13 | 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) | | 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) | | to metamorphic settings, such as the Swiss Lengenbach quarry, to straiform deposits in sedimentary rock...chalcopyrite, galena, acanthite, sternbergite, enargite, bornite, covellite, calcite, dolomite, siderite...graphic granite. Pseudomorphs of tennantite after enargite are common. Pseudomorphs of pitticite (an amorphous...Nevada. Monitor mine tennantite is associated with enargite, bournonite, andorite, and quartz (Castor and...tennantites are associated with chalcopyrite, enargite, bornite, rhodochrosite, and quartz. Superb examples |  | | 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) | | c = 8.462(1) X-ray Powder Pattern: Binntal, Switzerland. 3.51 (10), 3.16 (9), 3.04 (8), 2.87 (8), 3.68...00 Total [100.00] 99.5 100.00 (1) Binntal, Switzerland; recalculated to 100.00% from an original total...metamorphosed Pb–As occurrences in dolostone (Binntal, Switzerland); in low-temperature epithermal veins (Aomori...kirkiite, enargite, sphalerite, galena. Distribution: From the Lengenbach quarry, Binntal, Valais, Switzerland |  | | Report (issue) | | pyrite, sphalerite, pyrrhotite, arsenopyrite, enargite, tetrahedrite– tennantite, jordanite, canfieldite...Black Forest, Germany. In the Lengenbach quarry, Binntal, Valais, Switzerland. On the Isle of Man, from the |  | | Book (edition) | | • Sphalerite-galena-pyrite-isocubanite-fahlore-enargite, • Stibnite-realgar-orpiment-marcasite-cinnabar...29 polysynthetic Rathite Idaite Luzonite Enargite Famatinite Reflection Colour & Ø Reflectance...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) | | Institution Washington, DC 20013 pohwatp@si.edu ENARGITE Longfellow Mine, Red Mountain District, San Juan...group is the subject of this column—enargite. The name enargite is derived from the Greek έναργ ής...(001). Enargite also occurs in granular or massive habits. One of the characteristics of enargite crystals...are the striations along prism faces. Although enargite has perfect {110} cleavage, it also has distinct...indistinct cleavage. Twinning is common on {320}, and enargite may occur as interpenetrating trillings having |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | comparison with baumhauerite, and position in the Lengenbach mineralization sequence DAN TOPA1,* AND EMIL...from a sulfosalt aggregate from Lengenbach deposit, Binntal, Switzerland. The chemical formula of argentobaumhauerite...+ As substitution, mineralization sequence, Lengenbach. Introduction BAUMHAUERITE was discovered by...by Solly (1902) in a material from Lengenbach (Binntal, Switzerland) and named for the Freiburg professor...Baumhauer who dedicated himself to the study of Lengenbach minerals. Baumhauerite is a Pb-As sulfosalt, |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Cornwall, xxvii. Bethany meteorite, 35. Binnenthal (Switzerland) minerals, xxxiv, xliii, 16, 72, 184, 204, 212...from Wales, 167. 421 ' Economic Geology,' 196. Enargite from Bolivia, 344. Epidote, angles, 52. optical...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...- - 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...from Wales, 167. 421 ' Economic Geology,' 196. Enargite from Bolivia, 344. Epidote, angles, 52. optical...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...- - and Prior (G. T.), red silver minerals from Binn, 288. Smithite, 74, 298, 409. Smythe (J. A.), analysis |  | | Catalog/List | | £18 Afghanistan £15 Knipes mine Ayrshire 13. ENARGITE pure dark brown crystalline mass lxl.5 inch, from...botryoidal , small display piece 2x3 Boyleston Quarry, Glasgow Scotland 1 £10 20. ANA•LCIME around a...small 2x2 matrix, good location piece -- Boyleston Quarry south\ofGlasgow, Scotland £8, b) lxl with less...salmon-pink Barite in the matrix (not fluorescent) Crich Quarry Derbyshire £ I 0 28. HYDROXYL-HERDERITE good pale...colourless glassy crystals on large 1x 1 inch rock OAS quarry near Rome Italy £8 32. CALCITE pseudomorph after |  | | Book | | 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) | | new Cu-bearing sulfosalt from Lengenbach quarry, Binn Valley, Switzerland: description and crystal structure...new mineral from the Lengenbach quarry in the Binn Valley, Valais, Switzerland. Eckerite is associated...(b. 1966), a well-known mineral expert on the Lengenbach minerals. The holotype is in the Museo di Storia...Natural History Museum, University of Basel, Switzerland. O.C.G. Emmerichite* N.V. Chukanov, R.K. Rastsvetaeva...of the amphibole group discovered at Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM |  | | | | Crystallography, University * Contribution (Switzerland). - Part 29 on sulfides. 1 Present address: University...an old collection of minerals from Lengenbach, Binnatal, Switzerland (MARUMOand BURRI, 1965). There were...with the suggestion of Mr. J. IMHOF, prospector in Binn, who gave us the specimen for investigation. Recently...Kristallogr. Ed. 124,4/5 23 354 F. MARUMO enargite (PAULING and WEINBAUM, 1934) the latter. The structure...Nowackiite, a new copper zinc arsenosulfosalt from Lengenbach. Chimia 19,500-501. 368 F. MARUMO F. MARUMO |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Crystallography, University * Contribution (Switzerland). - Part 29 on sulfides. 1 Present address: University...an old collection of minerals from Lengenbach, Binnatal, Switzerland (MARUMOand BURRI, 1965). There were...with the suggestion of Mr. J. IMHOF, prospector in Binn, who gave us the specimen for investigation. Recently...Kristallogr. Ed. 124,4/5 23 354 F. MARUMO enargite (PAULING and WEINBAUM, 1934) the latter. The structure...Nowackiite, a new copper zinc arsenosulfosalt from Lengenbach. Chimia 19,500-501. 368 F. MARUMO F. MARUMO |  | Moëlo, Yves, Makovicky, Emil, Mozgova, Nadejda N., Jambor, John L., Cook, Nigel, Pring, Allan, Paar, Werner, Nickel, Ernest H., Graeser, Stephan, Karup-Møller, Sven, Balic-unic, Tonči, Mumme, William G., Vurro, Filippo, Topa, Dan (2008) Sulfosalt systematics: a review. Report of the sulfosalt sub-committee of the IMA Commission on Ore Mineralogy. European Journal of Mineralogy, 20 (1) 7-62 doi:10.1127/0935-1221/2008/0020-1778 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Naturhistorisches Museum, Augustinerstraße 2, 4001 Basel, Switzerland 10 Institute of Mineral Industry, Danish Technical...sulfosalts correspond to thioarsenates (As5+ – enargite, luzonite) or thioantimonates (Sb5+ – famatinite)...goldfieldite thiophosphate none (P5+ ) As5+ thioarsenate enargite thioantimonate famatinite Sb5+ (Bi5+ ) unknown...types Selenio-antimonate Species Billingsleyite Enargite Fangite Luzonite Famatinite Canfieldite Černýite...in distinct sites, or in distinct sulfosalts (Lengenbach deposit) jamesonite−benavidesite (e) Fe2+ ↔ Mn2+ |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Ternary phasesin the systeln Cu-As-S are luzonite, enargite, tennantite,lautite (CuAsS), sinnerite(Cu0As4S9)and...the (1960) reportedsyntheses of the polymorphs enargite diameterof the capsules used,six or more charges...severaldaysor --+-1.0 ø C for over the assemblage enargite+ tennantite+ digenite, longerperiodsup to six...Laboratoriesinstrument and samplesoi( syntheticchalcocite,enargite,tennantiteand lautite Cu/ o!0 •.k, •,As of knowncompositions...stabilities,identitiesandcompositions. 1. Enargite: Enargite is orthorhombic, a = 6.46 A, b = 7.43A. |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | compositions (Fig. 7A). Tennantite (Cu12.31 As4S13) and enargite (Cu3AsS4), the major ternary minerals in this...T = 600°C melt at 500°C melt at 500°C melt enargite tennantite Cu2S famatinite melt Cu2S skinnerite...the multiphase inclusions in quartz from Lengenbach, Switzerland, which are enriched in As, Pb, and Tl (Hofmann...example of LMCE-enriched melt comes from Lengenbach, Switzerland. Hofmann (1994) and Hofmann & Knill (1996)...As–Pb–Tl–S-bearing inclusions in quartz from Lengenbach (Hofmann 1994). Hofmann (1994, Fig. 1D) showed |  | | Book (edition) | | 11-60 Wurtzite II/C.13-10 Greenockite II/C.13-30 Enargite II/C.14-10 II/C.14-20 Cubanite II/C.14-30 Sternbergite...(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 (article/letter/editorial) | | sulfosalts, and melt inclusions from the Lengenbach deposit, Switzerland, as well as amphiboles and astrophyllite...ppm in baumhauerite (Pb3As4S9) from Lengenbach Quarry, Switzerland (LEN-B) (Table 2). In general, Tl was...outlier baumhauerite sample from Lengenbach Quarry in 13 Switzerland (LEN-B) and two samples from La...mineralization, along with baumhauerite from Lengenbach quarry and parapierrotite from Lookout Pass, UT....ore-forming environment, the Lengenbach sulfide deposit in Switzerland, measuring a range of -4.1 to |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | tetrahedrite and tennantite (Pauling and Neumann, 1934), enargite (Pauling and Weinbaum, 1934) chalcostibite (Hofmann...Tetrahedral Covellite Cubanite Chalcopyrite Stromeyerite Enargite Tennantite Seligmannite Tetrahedrite Chalcostibite...metal constituent in chalcostibite,tetrahedrite, enargite, and seligmannite, bournonite, aikinite, it is...stromeyerite, chalcopyrite, covellite, cubanite and enargite. In chalcostibite there are two short Cu-Sa(tetrahedral)...sulfarsenitesand sulfantimonites (tetrahedrite, polybasite, enargite, bournonite, jordanite and ruby-silver groups) |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | at the price of 2 ~Iarks per part. La Vatl& de Binn (Iralais). I~tude g~ographique, g~otogique, mlnkralogique...crystalline dolomite quarried in the bed of the Lengenbach, and in the mica-schist and gneiss of the A1pe...A1pe Lereheltini. In the Lengenbaeh quarry 46 species have been found, 28 of which are peculiar to this...mineralogical detail (e.g. th~ chemical formula of enargite is given differently in two places, and in both |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | interesting specimen for identification. Received was an enargite from the Chinjuashih Mine in Keelung, Taiwan....wt. % fluorine and thus was an amblygonite. Switzerland Questionable Sulfosalts Several dealers have...recently offered sulfosalts for sale from Lengenbach in Binn. Based on a sampling seen for sale and on |  | | 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 |
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