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


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Weissbergite
Formula:TlSbS2
Comments:Topa et al. (2019) have shown that the As-rich 'weissbergite' from Lengenbach has a distinct structure and is a distinct mineral: the new species drechslerite. As-free or As-poor weissbergite has not been reported from the quarry.

TOPA, D., GRAESER, S., STÖGER, B., RABER, T., Stanley, C. (2019): Drechslerite, IMA 2019-061. CNMNC Newsletter No. 52; Mineralogical Magazine: 83; https://doi.org/10.1180/mgm.2019.73
Habit:Barrel-shaped, steel-grey, tiny crystals
Abundance at site:Extremely Rare
Confirmation
Validity:Erroneously Reported
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Weissbergite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Lengenbach Quarry, Fäld, Binn, Goms, Valais, Switzerland
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:820983
Long-form Identifier:1:3:820983:2
GUID (UUID V4):d2666b68-e7ed-44ff-90a2-eaeb1b1ae5cc
References
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X-Ray Diffraction Pattern: Lengenbach quarry, Binn Valley, Valais, Switzerland. 2.898 (100), 3.613 (89)...lorándite and weissbergite. Occurrence: Association: Distribution From Lengenbach quarry, Binn Valley, Valais...Valais, Switzerland. Name: Type Material: Natural History Museum, Vienna, Austria (O1181 holotype) and...and the Natural History Museum, Basel, Switzerland (S209 cotype). References: (1) Miyawaki, R., F. Hatert
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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:
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routhierite isotypic series from Lengenbach, Binn Valley, Switzerland LUCA BINDI1,*, CRISTIAN BIAGIONI2...I-56126 Pisa, Italy FGL (Forschungsgemeinschaft Lengenbach), Edith-Stein-Str. 9, D-79110 Freiburg, Germany...(Forschungsgemeinschaft Lengenbach), Ilanzhofweg 2, CH-8057 Zurich, Switzerland Dipartimento di Geoscienze...AgZn2TlAs2S6, was discovered in the Lengenbach quarry, Binn Valley, Wallis, Switzerland. It occurs as metallic black...silver, arsenic, crystal structure, Lengenbach, Binn Valley, Switzerland. Introduction AMONG the world-class
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© 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed...mineralization, and is distributed in North Macedonia, Switzerland, and France [8–12]. The third one is related...include Apuan Alps; Tuscany in Italy [35], Lengenbach in Switzerland; and Yunfu in Guangdong, China [12,36]...remobilization of Tl [37]. Both Apuan Alps and Lengenbach are well known for the Tl-bearing sulfosalts...are [12,36]. associated with low[35], Lengenbach in Switzerland; Yunfu in Guangdong, China This type of
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northestern Iran. From the Lengenbach quarry, Binntal, Valais, Switzerland. In the USA, at the New Rambler...structure of lorandite (TlAsS2 ) and its relation to weissbergite (TlSbS2 ). Neues Jahrb. Mineral., Abh., 168
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was determined for a crystal from Lengenbach, Binn Valley, Switzerland. The structure is triclinic, space...crystal structure, thallium, sulphosalt, Lengenbach, Switzerland. Introduction DALNEGROITE, Tl5 xPb2x(As...described new mineral from the Lengenbach quarry, Binntal, Canton Valais, Switzerland (Nestola et al., 2010)...dalnegroite. Recently, a new sample from Lengenbach quarry was made available to the * E-mail: luca...structure of lorandite (TlAsS2) and its relation to weissbergite (TlSbS2). Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie Abhandlungen
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happens at the famous locality of Lengenbach (Wallis, Switzerland), where this cocktail upkeeps the local...synthetic phases dealt with in the review. Lorándite weissbergite synth. synth. Hutchinsonite bernardite imhofite...Archetypes: SnS Archetype 4.1. Lorándite and Weissbergite Lorándite, TlAsS2 , is the most widespread sulfosalt...notation as for Figure 2. The structural data on weissbergite, TlSbS2 , by Rey et al. [23] indicate space...FOR data PEER on REVIEW The2018, structural weissbergite, 7 ofÅ, 75 TlSbS2, by Rey et al. [23] indicate
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Naturhistorisches Museum, Augustinerstraße 2, 4001 Basel, Switzerland 10 Institute of Mineral Industry, Danish Technical...in distinct sites, or in distinct sulfosalts (Lengenbach deposit) jamesonite−benavidesite (e) Fe2+ ↔ Mn2+...STR: Razmara et al. (1997). 8. Weissbergite homeotypic pair Weissbergite, TlSbS2 STR: Rey et al. (1983)...Lorandite, TlAsS2 STR: Balić-Žunić et al. (1995). Weissbergite is a direct substitution derivative of the SnS...rathite varieties from the deposit of Lengenbach, Switzerland, have been described. A critical review
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© 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed...province [14]. 2.2. Local Geological Setting A quarry in the Vorontsovskoe deposit has exposed a wedge...(b) the photograph of the northern wall of the quarry with a tectonic contact between marmorized limestone...realgar-orpiment cement (sample 2016/2), exposed in one of the quarry layers. The white dotted line shows the boundary...samples were collected in 2016–2019 at the Northern quarry of the Vorontsovskoe deposit at horizons from –40
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2018-112 Esdanaite-(Ce) NaMnCe(PO4)2·4H2O Poudrette Quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu, Montérégie...2018-168 Melansonite Na□KZrSi8O19·5H2O Poudrette Quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM...2019-055 Thalliomelane 2+ TlMn4+ 7.5Cu0.5O16 In a quarry at the Zalas village, near Cracow, Poland (50°...Tl4(Sb4–xAsx)S8 (1 < x < 2) Lengenbach quarry, Binn Valley, Valais, Switzerland (46° 21′ 54′′ N, 8°13′ 15′′...topa@nhm-wien.ac.at Related to lorándite and weissbergite Triclinic: P1; structure determined a = 6.041(1)
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and jentschite (TlPbAs2SbS6) from Lengenbach, Binntal (Switzerland). Schweiz. Mineral. Petrogr. Mitt...Tl-bearing sulfosalt from the Lengenbach quarry, Binn valley, Switzerland: Philrothite, TlAs3S5. Mineral...Sb)3S6, a new sulfosalt mineral from Lengenbach (Binntal, Switzerland): Description and structure determination...2013 (protochabournéite); Rey et al., 1983 (weissbergite); Engel, 1980 (parapierrotite); Berlepsch, 1996
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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...bornite (pinkish), dolomite (dark grey); Dolomite quarry, Rędziny, Czarnów, Rudawy Janowickie Mts., Lower...Albula Valley, Grischun (Grisons/ Graubünden), Switzerland (sample: van Acken); PPL B Godlevskite (dark
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Carlin deposit in Nevada, USA, and the Lengenbach deposit in Switzerland), thallium in southeastern Europe...occurring in nature*; a synthetic phase Tl 3 SbS 4 ; weissbergite TlSbS2; a synthetic phase, Tl3Sb5S11 apparently...lorandite TlAsS2, imhofite Tl 5 , 6 As 15 S 25.3 , weissbergite TlSbS2, parapierrotite TlSb 5 S 8 , pierrotite...Lujice Vanjac Matra, Corsica [5] Legenbach, Switzerland [6] III III III II I II I I I I I II II
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Chernovite-(Y), Bahia, Brazil, 38 Chips from the Quarry, 5-7, 83-84, 149-5 1, 213-15,293-95,373 Downloaded...Specimen Mineralogy Eskimoite, Colorado, 398 The Estes Quarry, Cumberland County, Maine: A New Pegmatite Locality...Fairfieldite, Maine, 412 Falster, A. U., The Estes Quarry, Cumberland County, Maine: A New Pegmatite Locality...Maine, 415; Ontario, Canada, 172 Gratonite, Lengenbach quarry, Switz,erland. 175 Greenbank, L., The Rogerley...Magnetite, Bahia, Brazil, 35; Michigan, 96 Maine, Estes quarry, 408-18 Malachite, Bahia, Brazil, 35; Michigan
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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...original locality of Lengenbach, in the Binnatal (or Binnental), Valais, Switzerland (Smith and Prior, 1907)...the authors’ knowledge, been substantiated. At Lengenbach it is found in dolomite associated with sphalerite
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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=
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(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
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(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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Editorial Office MDPI St. Alban-Anlage 66 4052 Basel, Switzerland This is a reprint of articles from the Special...© 2021 by the author. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed...© 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed...Petrology and Geochemistry (EMPG-XV), ETH Zurich, Switzerland, 5–8 June 2016. 112. Palyanova, G.A. Gold and...Stoichiometric arsenopyrite, FeAsS, from La Roche–Balue Quarry, Loire–Atlantique, France: Crystal structure and
 
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