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


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Sylvite
Formula:KCl
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Sylvite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Lengenbach Quarry, Fäld, Binn, Goms, Valais, Switzerland
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:855445
Long-form Identifier:1:3:855445:1
GUID (UUID V4):c46febae-ad37-4d0d-b319-4a95fb7efdf4
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
chlorothionite, sanguite, eriochalcite, mitscherlichite, sylvite, carnallite, and kainite at Glavnaya Tenoritovaya...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
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
crandallite in dumortierite quartzites, Vaca Morta quarry, Vereda range, Maca{tbas, Bahia, Brazil, 607 AUSTRALIA...augelite in dumortierite quartzites, Vaca Morta quarry, Vereda range, Macafibas, Bahia, Brazil, 607 CESARE...crustal contamination processes, 329 Coldstones Quarry, Pateley Bridge, North Yorkshire, prospite, doyleite...augelite in dumortierite quartzites, Vaca Morta quarry, Vereda range, Macaftbas, Bahia, Brazil, 607 CRmOLE...(T1PbAs2SbS6) - a new sulphosalt mineral from Lengenbach, Binntal (Switzerland), 131 Crystal morphology, of galena
Catalog/List
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...attractive. (Gorner Valley near Zermatt lx2ins £4 Switzerland) Ixlins £2 189 IDOCRASE rich brown masses (Vai
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CO/3 OH blue micro crystals on rock. (Greystones Quarry,Lezant,Cornwall) £2.00 lx H £3.50 2 076 CALEDONITE...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...fibrous on' 2cm white dolomite. ' (Lengenbach Quarry,Binn Valley Switzerland) £4.50 163 GALENA Lead Sulphide
Book (edition)
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
Catalog/List
THAUSITE Modum, Buskerud,Norway 59 BOEHMITE Saga Quarry, Tvedalen, Norway Brown-purple mass in matrix Creamy...--· - . . - - ------ -·-··-·-· ---·7 ANNITE Saga Quarry, Tvedalen near Larvik, Norway 696 CHROME DIOPSIDE...lx2 £15 lxl £4 lx2 £8 2x2 £16 126 DIASPORE Saga Quarry, Tvedalen. Norway 1060 KORNERUPINE Bjordammcn,...lxl 90p lx2 £1.80 2x2 £4 Mica 295 NATROLITE Saga Quarry, Tvedalen, Norway Orange to red in feldspar.(Hydrothcrmal...ofNcpheline) lxl £1 lx2£2.SO Zcolite 296 NATROLITE · Saga Quarry, Tvedalcn Norway · Rich creamy masses with possible
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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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(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
Catalog/List
------------6 ALBITE Kragero Norway 933 ANATASE Hingston Quarry,Comwall Black micro crystals in crystalline feldspar...rich variety) ½ x ½ £5 Ni AsO H/20 7 ANNITE Saga Quarry, Tvedalen near Larvik, Norway Pure black mica plate...£3 lx2 £6 2x2 £12 --·- ---749 APATITE Hingston Quarry, Cornwall two or three micro crystals on small...__ ____ FeAsS 531 ARSENOPYRITE Hingston Down Quarry,Comwall,England Rich silvery masses with Chalcopyrite...lx2 - -----· ··-·- -- 1085 ARSENOPYRITE Hingston Quarry, Cornwall Small silvery crystals groups, Crystals
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
serpentine of the Allalin district, Wallis, Switzerland. Blanfordite. L . L . Fermor, 1906. Trans. Mining...white, crystalline dolomite of the Binnenthal in Switzerland. Named after Herbert Lister Bowman, of Oxford...Johnston-Lavis to the British Museum consist of cubes of sylvite and of halite in association.-- L. J. S.] Chocolite...white, crystalline dolomite of the Binnenthal, Switzerland. An analysis made on a small amount of material...Named after Franz Jentsch, mineral dealer of Binn, Switzerland. No~ to be confused with the jenzsehite of
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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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Quartz (smoky variety), St. Gotthard, Ticino, Switzerland © 4 x 8x 5 om that cross to create net-like...Quebec. USA: Climax Lake, Colorado; Frankford Quarry, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Europe: Carrock Fell...Schneeberg, Saxony, Germany; Lengenbach Quarry, Binn Valley, Switzerland; Cavnic and Sacaramb, Romania...Franklin and Sterling Hill, New Jersey; Arlington Quarry, Leesburg, Virginia. Latin America: Asunta Mine...Niederschéna, Saxony, Germany; Lengenbach Quarry, Binn Valley, Switzerland. Australia: Broken Hill, New
Catalog/List
rose) rare earth arsenate: newmineral (Binntal Switzerland) ¼ x ¼ !4.50 87 CETINEITE bright orange micro...f~wnareas in and on crystallised quartz. (Benet Quarry,BuckfieldNaine U.S.A 1x~ tl.30 107 NATIVE COPPER...creamyradiations on Quartz Limonite. (St John's Quarry Kapunda Svuth Austral ia) i " tl. 50 hl f.5 133...25p 2::2 70p en ANKERITE rich matrix. (Embleton Quarry, near Coci:ermouthCumbr ia) 206 KELDYSHITE sraall...crystals in cavity in dolomite. (lengenbach,BinnaValley Valais, Switzerland) ~ w !3.80 214 I..EPIDOLITE
Catalog/List
ALLOPHANE Hawkswood Mine, Cornwall 933 ANATASE Hingston Quarry,Cornwall Black micro crystals in crystalline feldspar...with minor calcite or matrix ½" £4 7 ANNITE Saga Quarry, Tvcdalcn near Larvik, Norway Pure black mica plate...about 1cm size £4 FeAsS 1085 ARSENOPYRITE Hingston Quarry, Cornwall Small silvery crystals groups, Crystals...£4 Ix ½ £6 lxl £8 531 ARSENOPYRITE Hingston Down Quarry,Cornwall,England Rich silvery masses with Chalcopyritc...-½"--•·-•·- .. - ---lxl £5 506 AXINITE Mcldon Aplitc Quarry, Okehampton Devon Very rich light brown massive
Catalog/List
Arizona Pure green cleavage AMAZONITE Landsverk quarry, Evje, Norway Ixl 50p lx2£l 11 felspar group____________...£3 7 Pure black mica plate new Analysis , Saga Quarry, Tvedalen near ANNITE Mica__________ paper available...Chrysotile, pale grey-green Ixl £1 County Bridge Quarry,Lizard Mg Fe SiO_______ massive. _________ .Cornwall...1x2 £5 1x1 £2 2x2 £5.00 2x2 £2 Hingston Down Quarry,Comwall,England Grey massive in matrix South Crofty...Brown fibrous mass in feldspar Quite rich Saga Quarry', Tvedalen, near for this location._____________________
Book
Quartz (smoky variety), St. Gotthard, Ticino, Switzerland « 4x 8 x 5 om MINERALS: PRODUCTS OF A CHANGING... Quebec. USA: Climax Lake, Colorado; Frankford Quarry, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Europe: Carrock Fell...Schneeberg, Saxony, Germany; Lengenbach Quarry, Binn Valley, Switzerland; Cavnic and Sacaramb, Romania...Franklin and Sterling Hill, New Jersey; Arlington Quarry, Leesburg, Virginia. Latin America: Asunta Mine...Niederschéna, Saxony, Germany; Lengenbach Quarry, Binn Valley, Switzerland. Australia: Broken Hill, New
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Staurolite (brown) in Mica Schist. Monte Campione, Switzerland. 6 x 8 cm. Becausethey form exclusively under...I have ever visited was exposed by the Francon quarry on Montreal P L AT E 1 4 Pyrochlore crystals...technology. P L AT E I S Weloganite. Francon quarry, Montreal, Quebec. 4.s-cm crystal. Named for W...Unlike most carbonatites, those in the Francon quarry occur assills. A sill is a flat, sheetlike intrusion...example. Because the carbonatites in the Francon quarry formed sills, when the magma intruded the enclosing
Book (edition)
(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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Mexico (#2, column 1) and TENNANTITE, Dresser quarry, Walton, Nova Scotia, Canada (13, column 2). ...Mineralogical Museum , University of Berne, Switzerland Mineralogical Museum , University of Copenhagen... Also in Canada, Scotland, England, Sweden, Switzerland, Japan, and New Zealand (nephrite). BEST REF...the floor of the 910-foot level of the Commercial Quarry, Crestmore, California, associated with quartz...(cleavelandite), England, Norway, Sweden, France, Italy, Switzerland (pericline), Austria, Germany, USSR, India, Japan
Catalog/List
paper available. Rich grey crystalline mass. Saga Quarry, Tvedalen near Larv ik, Norway Ix I £1.50 Ix I...Chrysotile. pale grey-green mass ive. County Bri dge Quarry,Lizard ,Cornwall Jx I £ I I x2 £2 Loch Scridain...Hingston Down Rich silvery masses with Chalcopyrite Quarry,Cornwall ,England Apple green coatings on granite...Hingston Down Mine,Hingston ,Cornwall covered Saga Quarry, Tvedalen, near Brown fibrous mass in feldspar...masses with a few crystals ,Cornwall Meldon Aplite Quarry. Very rich light brown massive with some Okchampton
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Tsumeb, Namibia. Crystals of binnite in Lengenbach, Binntal. Switzerland, up to 30 mm (l'/i6 in). Crystals...in contact metamorphic limestone from the Kalkar quarry, California, USA. Application: Sn ore. Cylindrite...Massachusetts, USA: also Val d'Anniviers, Wallis, Switzerland. Massive aggregates come from Dobsina, Slovakia;...from the cavities in dolomite from Lengenbach, Binntal, Switzerland. Livingstonite HgSb4S8 MONOCLINIC...known in metamorphic veins in Val d'Anniviers, Switzerland. Betekhtinite Cu| 0 (Fe,Pb)S 6 ORTHORHOMBIC
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½X½ .(A Excellentblackmicrocrystalsin vughs 0 & G Quarry,Southbury, withpossibleCalcitecrystals ConnecticutU...Sclasvøtn,Fianc,Norway lxl {1.25 lx2 !3 Lengenbach Quany,Binn Vall~. ncarFicsch Madagascar 2x2 .Cl.SO...-Brownfibrousarcasin while Mcldon WOLLASTONITE ,minor grossular Quarry,Okchampton,Dcvon Purelightgreencrystallincmass...x ½ Il U.S.A Clinton,SouthAuslnllia ½x ½ !1.20 Quarry Oneorlhc rcw rare,Scandiumminerals KIIIIISal lem...MELLITE Almcllatc Mcllatc.1' Location Mcrchcad Quarry, Mendips ½x ½f2.SO Richwhiteto pinkishfaintlylibrous
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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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Nruuibia. Crystals of binnite -in Lengenbach, Binntal, Switzerland, up to 30 nun (P/16 in). Crystals...in contact metamorphic limestone from the Kalkar quarry, California, USA. Application: Sn ore. Cylindrite...Massachusetts, USA; also Val d' Anniviers, Wallis, Switzerland. Massive aggregates come from Doliina, Slovakia;...from the cavities in dolomite from Lengenbach, Binntal, Switzerland. Livingstonite HgSb4Sg MONOCLINIC...Luis Potosi, Mexico. Rathite, 60 mm, Binntal, Switzerland Sartorite PbAs2S4 Rathite •• MONOCLINIC
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compounds crystallizing in them. Halite (rock sal.t), sylvite, galena, and a host I , "" b C C ,, ,yTP ...trapezohedron faces (cp. Fig. 17, p. 131) . Switzerland. Be/,;w Elongated prismatic crysffiis (cp. Fig...cavities of Alpine type around the Gross Venediger. SWITZERLAND - Riffelberg near Zermatt. 77 ARGENTITE Ag...South-West Africa. &low Smoky ciuartz. Val Giuv, Switzerland. PLATE 15 Sea produced 'yellow copper' by...Tavesch, and exceptional crystals in the marble of Lengenbach, Binnatal. AuSTRIA schalenblende at Bleiberg
 
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