 | | 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) | | 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 |  | | 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...specimens are displayed in 11 Excellent Barite, Malachite Wulfenite Buttgenbachite Connellite Heterogenite...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 |  | Hettmann, K., Kreissig, K., Rehkamper, M., Wenzel, T., Mertz-Kraus, R., Markl, G. (2014) Thallium geochemistry in the metamorphic Lengenbach sulfide deposit, Switzerland: Thallium-isotope fractionation in a sulfide melt. American Mineralogist, 99 (4) 793-803 doi:10.2138/am.2014.4591 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | geochemistry in the metamorphic Lengenbach sulfide deposit, Switzerland: Thallium-isotope fractionation...Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Germany 1 Abstract The Lengenbach (Switzerland) Pb-As-Tl-Zn deposit was formed from a...from the Alpine metamorphic Lengenbach deposit in the Binn Valley of Switzerland, the non-metamorphic Wiesloch...SW of the Lengenbach deposit, which has been discussed as potential source of the Lengenbach metals. (2)...(2) LA-ICP-MS analyses of micas from the Lengenbach deposit and surrounding country rocks between the |  | | Catalog/List | | crystal about 2cm tall and one cm across. Francon Quarry, Quebec Canada £50 2. BERYLLONITE translucent...£ 10 17. MALACHITE good small display specimen about 2x2.5 ofa green botryoidal Malachite. Miguel Vacas...Vacas Mine, Alentejo Portugal £ 12 18. MALACHITE attractive cut and polished green piece about 4x2 inches...salmon-pink Barite in the matrix (not fluorescent) Crich Quarry Derbyshire £ I 0 21. HYDROZINCITE visible with...colourless glassy crystals on large Ixl inch rock osa quarry near Rome Italy £8 Fluorescent green with short |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | to metamorphic settings, such as the Swiss Lengenbach quarry, to straiform deposits in sedimentary rock...hydrous ferric arsenate-sulfate), erythrite, malachite, and azurite after tennantite have been reported...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 |  | | Catalog/List | | botryoidal , small display piece 2x3 Boyleston Quarry, Glasgow Scotland 1 £10 20. ANA•LCIME around a...Boyleston Quarry south\ofGlasgow, Scotland £8, b) lxl with less matrix £5 ! \ 21. MALACHITE good small...display specimen about 2x2.5 of a green botryoidal Malachite. Miguel Vacas Mine, Alentdjo Portugal £12 22....with some malachite on 1.5 xl .5 inch matrix. Level 5.1 west 4 Tsumeb Nami• .ia £18 24. MALACHITE attractive...salmon-pink Barite in the matrix (not fluorescent) Crich Quarry Derbyshire £ I 0 28. HYDROXYL-HERDERITE good pale |  | | Book (edition) | | reflections of hematite (red), azurite (blue), and malachite (green). Common Habit Many minerals develop...potential: bornitechalcocite/covellite-tenorite and/or malachite plus azurite; native copper and cuprite are less...polysyngreen thetic Libethenite Molybdite Malachite Pyromorphite yes grey to brown although generally...Chalcocite, Cuprite, Domeykite, Fe-oxides, Jasper, Malachite, native Silver, Tenorite Allabogdanite, Anyuiite...oxidised iron grain, silicates (dark grey); Basalt Quarry Bühl, Weimar near Kassel, Hessen, Germany (sample: |  | | Journal (issue) | | Mineral Collector's Newsletter $6.00 Fibrous Malachite from the Mindingi Mine Katanga, Democratic Republic...Excalibur Mineral Corporation Specimens of fibrous malachite from the Mindingi Mine in the Kambove District...produce wonderful malachite specimens, but production of the elongated, fibrous malachite specimens seems...nearby localities in the region. Solid, botryoidal malachite samples are currently better-represented from... 2 Mineral News December 2018 ---- Fibrous Malachite from Katanga (Continued from page I) In addition |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | dealer's label on a specimen bearing a mixture of Malachite and a-Duftite (22nd List). Borcarite. N. N. Pertsev...translucent copper-red plates from Lengenbach, Binn, Valais, Switzerland, are monoclinic, composition near...honey-yellow blende from Lengenbaeh, Binn, Valais, Switzerland, are rhombohedral, composition near CusZn3As4S12_13...crystal found with temlaatite in the Lengenbach quarry near Binn, Switzerland, is pseudocubic with a pseudocell...overgrowth on rathite (rathite-I) from Lengenbach, Binn, Valais, Switzerland. The material is anorthic, with |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | the pegmatite from a blast pile at the Poudrette quarry, Mont Downloaded from https://pubs.geoscienceworld...routhierite isotypic series from Lengenbach, Binn Valley, Switzerland. Mineralogical Magazine, 79(5),...accumulations in dolostone of the Lengenbach quarry, Binn Valley, Wallis, Switzerland. This well-known deposit...to the knowledge of the mineralogy of the Lengenbach quarry. The holotype specimen of ralphcannonite is...new chain-structured Pb oxychloride from Merehead Quarry, Somerset, England. Mineralogical Magazine, 79(5) |  | | 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) | | modified crystal forms coated by a veneer of malachite, sometimes associated with cuprite. With prices...a pseudomorph of cuprite after copper with a malachite veneer. These samples were priced from 20 DM to...from various places (e.g., the Lengenbach quarry, Valais, Switzerland, where crystals to 5 mm are common) |  | | Catalog/List | | Kazachstan) Russia) « 1x54 to 1x1 £15 TO £10 028 MALACHITE Copper Carbonate Rich green crystalline mass in...Quartz with micro spots of Native Copper. (Kingston Quarry,Cornwall) 1x1 £2 - 553 TETRAHEDERITE (Cu ?e) ;'L...cleavages with cerussite and or Pyrolusite (Merehead Quarry, Mendips,Somerset) 54 x 54 £2 269 MENDIPITE Pb/3...unusual location. (Grenz Glacier near Zermatt,Switzerland) S x H £3 lxl £5 086 CARMINITE Pb Fe Arsenate...fibrous on 2cm white dolomite. (Lengenbach Quarry,Binn Valley Switzerland) £4.50 Lead Sulphide 250 GALENA |  | | Catalog/List | | CO/3 OH blue micro crystals on rock. (Greystones Quarry,Lezant,Cornwall) £2.00 lx H £3.50 2 076 CALEDONITE...5ins £25 Ixii to lxl £20 "lesser"pieces £15 028 MALACHITE Copper Carbonate Rich green crystalline mass in...Quartz with micro spots of Native Copper. (Kingston Quarry,Cornwall) 1x1 £2 553 TETRAHEDERITE (Cu Fe) Sb S...unusual location. (Grenz Glacier near.Zermatt,Switzerland) W x « £3 lxl £5 086 CARMINITE Pb Fe Arsenate...cleavages with cerussite and or Pyrolusite (Merehead Quarry, Mendips,Somerset) H x B £2 269 MENDIPITE Pb/3 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | The Trimouns Quarry Luzenac, Ariège, France Freddy Marty Rue de l’Hôpital 11230-Chalabre France In recent...recent decades, the Trimouns quarry has become well known as a source of outstanding crystals of several...reference to the three peaks that overlook the quarry. Langue d’Oc is a regional language of Latin The...Littéraires et Industrielles de l’Ariège. In 1905 the quarry was acquired by the Société des Talcs de Luzenac...producer of talc at 1.3 million tonnes per year. The quarry employed some 100 workers at the beginning of the |  | | Book (edition) | | Unfamiliar Anions V/C.01-10 Azurite V/C.01-20 Malachite V/C.06-30 Defernite 774 776 778 V/G - “Insel”...(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 |  | | Catalog/List | | ALBITE vari ety PERI CLINE. Binnental , Valais , Switzerland. Sharp lustrous creamy coloured crystals...ece . 4x~", £28 .1"0 10 . AXIN ITE. Briti sh Rail Quarry , Meldon , ' De von . Specimen A: Bright, sharp...men B: 1 ~x1 ~", £ 3 . 75p 14 . BAUMHAUERITE . Lengenbach Qua rry , Bi nne nt a l , Swmtze r land. Spec...k g r ee n si l ky botrYO i dal a nd fibrou s MALACHITE ma tr i x . 2x1 ~x1 ~ ', £1 1 . 00 30 . CERUSSITE...broas mass , 35. NATIVE COPPER. Cot;.ntyllddge QUarry , 'bo!1hilly Dm:n , ,Lizard, Cormlall. Hackly masses |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | tarnish and with poor cleavage. Chalcocite and malachite come from the Aberdeen mine in Lower Nicola. The...Solution vugs in the matrix are lined with stout malachite crystals. Beginning geology students are always...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 |  | | Catalog/List | | £10 40. MALACHITE good small display specimen about 2x2.5 of a dark green botryoidal Malachite. Miguel...and with a band ofBarite (not fluorescent) Crich Quarry Derbyshire £10 3x3 inch 42. FLUORITE cleavages...coverage and interesting location Hingston Down Quarry Cornwall 3x2.5 £8 43 . LEPIDOLITE good small display...dolomitic marble with some pyrite micros Lengenbach mine, Switzerland £3 61. CORUNDUM well formed hexagonal...this location closed many years ago. Boyleston quarry Barrhead Scotland £6 65. ANALCIME good coverage |  | | Journal (issue) | | Carolina. Muscovite (twinned) from the Nello Teer Quarry near Raleigh, N. C. in pegmatite veins where pneumatolytic...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...Brazil) Hatchite 1912 Solly & Smith {Lengenbach, Switzerland) Dienerite 1926 Doelter (Radstadt, Austria)...Solly (Lengenbach, Switzerland) Lime 1883 Scacchi (Vesuvius, Italy) Liveingite 1902 Solly (Lengenbach, Switzerland) |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | stunning crystals to 1.5 cm long, some topped with malachite. Dull blades of enargite to 5 mm long, occurring...and Frondel 1944). The Lengenbach quarry, Imfeld, Canton Valais, Switzerland, has yielded microscopic...Mineralien der Schweiz. (Funfte Auflage.) Basel, Switzerland: Birkhäuser Verlag. ❑ Diverse price ranges– |  | | Catalog/List | | TEINITE one small blue spot on quartz with green Malachite lxl inch overall size, the Teinite is about 2mm...mass nearly lxl inch with Hydrocerussite. Merehead Quarry Mendips £35 9. SIMPSONITE Orange cleavage mass...across on lxl with small quartz crystals Francon Quarry Montreal Quebec £25 14. VESUVIANITE lxl inch area...display specimen about 2x2.S of a green botryoidal Malachite. Miguel Vacas Mine, Alentejo Portugal £12 39....salmon-pink Barite in the matrix (not fluorescent) Crich Quarry Derbyshire £10 41. ALLOPHANE good creamy- pale |  | | 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 |  | | Journal (issue) | | This same lot contained several specimens of malachite pseudomorphing this azurite, of average interest...covered with a new find of natIish stalactitic malachite from China, very reasonably priced at $8 to $40...micromount of deep blue henmilite from the Fuka marble quarry ($16). Relatively abundant were specimens from...1996 I had my first opportunity to examine a smaJI quarry on Cary Mound which had not been described in the...were found in granite boulders lying around the quarry. Most consisted of small vugs lined with black |
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