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Smithite from
Lengenbach Quarry, FĂ€ld, Binn, Goms, Valais, Switzerland


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Smithite
Formula:AgAsS2
Confirmation
Validity:Valid - Type Locality
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Quadratiteⓘ11 photos of Smithite associated with Quadratite at this locality.
Hutchinsoniteⓘ3 photos of Smithite associated with Hutchinsonite at this locality.
Jordaniteⓘ3 photos of Smithite associated with Jordanite at this locality.
Lengenbachiteⓘ2 photos of Smithite associated with Lengenbachite at this locality.
Hatchiteⓘ2 photos of Smithite associated with Hatchite at this locality.
Realgarⓘ2 photos of Smithite associated with Realgar at this locality.
Marriteⓘ1 photo of Smithite associated with Marrite at this locality.
DufrĂ©noysiteⓘ1 photo of Smithite associated with DufrĂ©noysite at this locality.
Acanthiteⓘ1 photo of Smithite associated with Acanthite at this locality.
Silverⓘ1 photo of Smithite associated with Silver at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Smithite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Lengenbach Quarry, FĂ€ld, Binn, Goms, Valais, Switzerland
Photo GalleryView Gallery (25 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:10190
Long-form Identifier:1:3:10190:1
GUID (UUID V4):57c2778c-ccac-4ced-83f7-c065cca06a1d
Nearest other occurrences of Smithite
2.4km (1.5 miles) ⓘReckibach, Binn, Goms, Valais, Switzerland
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
new Tl-bearing sulfosalt from Lengenbach quarry, Binn valley, Switzerland: description and crystal structure...is a new mineral from Lengenbach quarry in the Binn Valley, Valais, Switzerland. It occurs very rarely...150 mm across associated with yellow needle-like smithite, realgar, hatchite and probable trechmannite,...2012-017) and is named for Thomas Raber, an expert on Lengenbach minerals. K EY WORDS : raberite, new mineral...mineral, Tl-sulfosalts, crystal structure, Lengenbach, Switzerland. * E-mail: luca.bindi@unifi.it DOI: 10.1180/minmag
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...sinnerite, hatchite, trechmannite and yellow, ïŹbrous smithite. In thick section eckerite is opaque with a metallic
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Tl-bearing sulfosalt from the Lengenbach quarry, Binn Valley, Switzerland: Philrothite, TlAs3S5 L. BINDI1...I-35122, Padua, Italy FGL (Forschungsgemeinschaft Lengenbach), Via dello Storno 18, I-20147 Milan, Italy [Received...new mineral from the Lengenbach quarry in the Binn Valley, Valais, Switzerland. It occurs as very rare...up to 200 mm across on realgar associated with smithite, rutile and sartorite. Philrothite is opaque with...geophysicist and well known mineral expert on the Lengenbach minerals for more than 25 years. K EY WORDS :
Report (issue)
Z=8 X-ray Powder Pattern: Lengenbach quarry, Binn Valley, Valais, Switzerland. 2.941 (100), 2.776 (80)...16.63 21.36 100.00 (1) Lengenbach quarry, Binn Valley, Valais, Switzerland; average of 5 electron microprobe...trechmannite, smithite, dolomite. Distribution: From the Lengenbach quarry, Binn Valley, Valais, Switzerland. Name:...Ecker (b. 1966), an expert on the minerals of Lengenbach quarry. Type Material: Natural History Museum, University...Natural History Museum, University of Basil, Switzerland (S169). References: (1) Bindi, L., F. Nestola
Report (issue)
66(1)° X-ray Powder Pattern: Lengenbach quarry, Binn Valley, Valais, Switzerland. 3.580 (100), 3.001 (98)...94 4.86 19.19 100.00 (1) Lengenbach quarry, Binn Valley, Valais, Switzerland; average of 9 electron microprobe...dolomitic marble. Association: Hatchite/wallisite, smithite, realgar, trechmannite, edenharterite, jentschite...Distribution: From zone 1 of the Lengenbach quarry, Binn Valley, Valais, Switzerland. Name: Honors Dr. Thomas...Thomas Raber (b. 1966), an expert on Lengenbach minerals. Type Material: Mineralogy Museum, Department of Geosciences
Report (issue)
34.67 38.13 27.20 100.00 (1) Lengenbach quarry, Valais, Switzerland; average of 5 electron microprobe...Realgar, smithite, rutile, sartorite. Distribution: From the Lengenbach quarry, Binn Valley, Valais, Switzerland...the FGL (Forschungsgemeinschaft Lengenbach) and an expert on Lengenbach minerals. Type Material: Museum...Tl-bearing sulfosalt from the Lengenbach quarry, Binn Valley, Switzerland: Philrothite, TlAs3S5. Mineral
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
new Te-bearing sulfosalt from Lengenbach quarry, Binn valley, Switzerland: description and crystal structure...Pb-Cu-Ag-As-Tl bearing sulfosalts Lengenbach quarry in the Binn Valley, Valais, Switzerland. Debattistiite has been...identified in two specimens from zone 1 of the quarry in cavities in dolomitic marble with realgar, rutile...>330 °C similar to those reported for the other Lengenbach sulfosalts. The mineral was named for Luca De...mineralogist and expert on the minerals of Lengenbach quarry who collected the specimens of debattistiite
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 ïŹrst ïŹ‚ourishing period of Lengenbach investigations,...thallium; arsenic; crystal structure; Lengenbach; Binn Valley; Switzerland. un 10 MusĂ©e cantonal de gĂ©ologie...Lausanne, Anthropole, Dorigny, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland *Corresponding author, e-mail: nicolas.meisser@unil
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)
reported and the optical properties of both synthetic smithite and trechmannite in polished section are described...assemblages found near Binnatal, Canton of Valais, Switzerland. Trechmannite in minute amounts has been...trechmannite might be a low-temperature polymorph of smithite (AgAsS) was found b-v Larsen (1921), who noted...biaxial form, probably smithite. Nowacki and Bahezre(1963)analyzedboth smithite and trechmannite with...ues,and showedthem to be identical to natural smithite. Attempts b-vB6land to precipitate trechmannite
Report (issue)
9.12 Z = 18 X-ray Powder Pattern: Binntal, Switzerland. (ICDD 16-700). 2.702 (100), 3.15 (80), 1.887...30.34 25.97 Total 100.8 100.00 (1) Binntal, Switzerland; by electron microprobe. (2) AgAsS2 . Polymorphism...Dimorphous with smithite. Occurrence: Of hydrothermal origin, in dolostone (Binntal, Switzerland). Association:...(Binntal, Switzerland). Distribution: From the Lengenbach quarry, Binntal, Valais, Switzerland [TL]. At
Report (issue)
Smithite AgAsS2 c 2001-2005 Mineral Data Publishing, version 1 Crystal Data: Monoclinic. Point Group:...34 Total 99.2 100.00 25.97 (1) Binntal, Switzerland. (2) AgAsS2 . Polymorphism & Series: Occurrence:...hutchinsonite, sartorite, rathite (Binntal, Switzerland); chabournéite, pierrotite, parapierrotite,...Ireland). Distribution: From the Lengenbach quarry, Binntal, Valais, Switzerland [TL]. At the Jas Roux deposit
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
72 Some new minerals from the Binnenthal, Switzerland. By R. H. SOT,LY, M.A. [Read November 17, 1908...in the white crystalline dolomite of the Lengenbach quarry, during my visit to the Binnenthal in the...material, together with the other red minerals--smithite and trechmannite--to the British Museum for the...changing from a pure red to an orange-red co]our. Smithite is associated with hutchinsonito, sartorite, and...42 SOME NEW MINERALS FROM TIlE BINEENTHAL~ SWITZERLAND. 75 I have named this mineral after ~ r . G
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
72 Some new minerals from the Binnenthal, Switzerland. By R. H. SOT,LY, M.A. [Read November 17, 1908...in the white crystalline dolomite of the Lengenbach quarry, during my visit to the Binnenthal in the...material, together with the other red minerals--smithite and trechmannite--to the British Museum for the...changing from a pure red to an orange-red co]our. Smithite is associated with hutchinsonito, sartorite, and...42 SOME NEW MINERALS FROM TIlE BINEENTHAL~ SWITZERLAND. 75 I have named this mineral after ~ r . G
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...fibrous smithite. It occurs as very rare euhedral crystals growing on dolomite (sometimes on smithite or sinnerite)...(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
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...found on realgar, associated with smithite, rutile, and sartorite, and is presumably the result of late-stage
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...Prior (G. T.), red silver minerals from Binn, 288. Smithite, 74, 298, 409. Smythe (J. A.), analysis by...from Binn, 16. new minerals from Binn, 72. - - ilmenite, &c., from Binn, 184. - - the Lengenbach quarry
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...Prior (G. T.), red silver minerals from Binn, 288. Smithite, 74, 298, 409. Smythe (J. A.), analysis by...from Binn, 16. new minerals from Binn, 72. - - ilmenite, &c., from Binn, 184. - - the Lengenbach quarry
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
four different samples are jasrouxite, stibnite, smithite, guettardite, chabournéite, pierrotite and As-bearing...classical sulphosalt localities of Lengenbach, Binn Valley (Wallis, Switzerland), and Madoc (Ontario, Canada)...pierrotite*, pyrite, realgar (abundant), routhierite*, smithite, sphalerite, stibnite, twinnite, wakabayashilite...As)7S11 and Ag2(Sb,As)S4 (reaction product between smithite and chabournéite). Recently, the new mineral jasrouxite...aggregate of écrinsite (écr), stibnite (stb) and smithite (smt) with jasrouxite (jsr) remnants, from sample
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...AND G. T~ PRIOR ON versify of Cambridge, and smithite, after one of the authors of this paper. Upon
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211JAHRIGEN BESTF.I-IF.!'-! DER ARBEITSGEMEINSCHAFT LENGENBACH DIE MINERALIEN DES BINNTALES ZUM 20JÄHRIGEN...20JÄHRIGEN BESTEHEN DER ARBEITSGEMEINSCHAFT LENGENBACH Von H.A. STALDER (Bern) P. EMBREY (London) S. GRAESER...Binntal, nĂ€mlich am Lengenbach, seit 195 8 durch die Arbeitsgemeinschaft Lengenbach bewerkstelligt, an...2.ojĂ€hrigen Bestehen der Arbeitsgemeinschaft Lengenbach zusammen und ergĂ€nzt die vor neun Jahren erschienene...nicht lang entdeckt 1797>> Somit gelangten also Lengenbach-Proben in die Basler Sammlung, lange bevor die
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
to metamorphic settings, such as the Swiss Lengenbach quarry, to straiform deposits in sedimentary rock...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...fine crystals to 2.5 cm on edge binnit. The Lengenbach quarry is noted for exceptional exassociated with
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Langangen, Telemark, and (2) the AS Granit larvikite quarry, Tvedalen, Vestfold. In locality 1, ferrochiavennite...aggregate composed of stibnite, boscardinite, and smithite in intergrowth, and are also associated with pyrite...NaMn2[Si3BO9](OH)2, is a new mineral found at the Poudrette quarry, La Vallée-du-Richelieu, Montérégie (formerly Rouville...Sinnerite, Cu6As4S9, from the Lengenbach quarry Binn Valley, Switzerland: description and re-investigation...sulfosalt from the famous Lengenbach quarry, Binn Valley, Canton Valais, Switzerland, was originally described
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
University of Bern, * Contribution Bern, Sahlistr. 6 (Switzerland). - Part 41 of papers on sulfides and sulfosalts...known only from the Lengenbach quarry in the Binnatal, Canton Wallis, Switzerland. This was first found...one of the red sulfosalts with hutchinsonite and smithite, and was studied morphologically by SMITH and...turned out to have the same formula, AgAsS2' as smithite. Thus AgAsS2 is dimorphous. The structure determination...clarify the relationship of trechmannite with smithite (HELLNER and BURZLAFF, 1964) and nowackiite, CU6Zn3As4S12
 
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