 | Bindi, L., Nestola, F., De Battisti, L., Guastoni, A. (2013) Dervillite, Ag2AsS2, from Lengenbach quarry, Binn valley, Switzerland: occurrence and crystal structure. Mineralogical Magazine, 77 (8) 3105-3112 doi:10.1180/minmag.2013.077.8.05 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | 3105–3112 Dervillite, Ag2AsS2, from Lengenbach quarry, Binn valley, Switzerland: occurrence and crystal structure...I-35131, Padua, Italy FGL (Forschungsgemeinschaft Lengenbach), Via dello Storno 18, I-20147 Milan, Italy Museo...in a sample from the Lengenbach quarry in the Binn Valley, Valais, Switzerland. It occurs as very rare...formula. K EY WORDS : dervillite, silver, Lengenbach, Switzerland. Introduction DERVILLITE was described...Ag-rich minerals from the Lengenbach quarry, Binn Valley, Canton Valais, Switzerland (Nestola et al., 2010; |  | | 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 |  | | 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...Tetrahedrite Tetrahedrite Hessite Hauchecornite Galena Acanthite Manganite Hematite Skutterudite Zinckenite Stephanite |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | to metamorphic settings, such as the Swiss Lengenbach quarry, to straiform deposits in sedimentary rock...name but a few, pyrite, chalcopyrite, galena, acanthite, sternbergite, enargite, bornite, covellite, calcite...galena, chalcopyrite, gersdorffite, proustite, and acanthite (Sabina 1965). Mexico has produced the unusual...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 |  | | Book (edition) | | complicates identification (e.g., argentite-acanthite). - The Compositional Series notes related minerals...due to decreasing temperature (e.g., argentite-acanthite). • Lamellar pressure twins, commonly of equal...(medium grey, large grain) to form an argentite/acanthite reaction rim (darker grey); the formation of such...forms yes strong red Stilleite Mottramite Acanthite Hollandite mosaic and polysynthetic Crednerite...cementation zone of Ag-rich sulfide deposits not known Acanthite, Argentite, Cabriite, Carbonates, Chalcopyrite |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | would be more familiar: galena and "argentite" (acanthite). Altaite is indistinguishable from galena while...while hessite is more silvery in color than acanthite. Arsenopyrite is a commonly encoun tered mineral...freibergite variety of tetrahedritetennantite, acanthite paramorphic after argentite, galena, and silver...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 | | Very nice! ••• $75.00 81B02 URANINITE, Kinkel Quarry, Bedford, N.Y. (a) Excellent micro (to 3 mm) octahedral...masses(3 x 4 cm),.$5.00 81B04 RUTILE, Lengenbach Quarry, Binn, Switzerland.m/m single, black, bipyramid...above more than one crystal •.. $22.50 81B12 ACANTHITE, Ag s, Saint Andreasberg, Harz Mts., East Germany...Germany. (a) excellent 2 x 2 3 x 2 cm acanthite paramorphic after argentite crystal cluster. Cuba-octahedral...calcite coating ••• $80.00 (b) solid "dendritic" acanthite reminiscent of copper from Ray, Arizona (1.5 x |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | k l i n , New Jersey; Langban, Sweden; Lengenbach, Switzerland; Chuquicamata, Chile; Musonoi and Shinkolobwe...this fluorite and dolomite specimen from Penfield quarry, near Rochester, New York, have been self-collected...Figure 4: Lustrous, lead-grey hopper crystals of acanthite pseudomorphs after argentite, Arizpe, Sonora,...Africa (7 cm). Figure 8: Lustrous lead-grey acanthite pseudomorphs after argentite crystals with chalcopyrite...Colorless crystals of anhydrite, the Simplon Tunnel, Switzerland (11 cm). Figure 47: Grey cobaltite crystal |  | | Book (edition) | | Rickardite II/B.04-20 Argentite II/B.05-02 II/B.05-10 Acanthite Naumannite II/B.05-30 Hessite II/B.05-40 Jalpaite...(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 (issue) | | green diopside on syenite matrix from the Jeffrey quarry, Asbestos, Quebec. Collected by miner Bruno Carriere...Ste-Marie-aux-Mines, East and West Germany, Switzerland (three!), the Hohe Tauem of Austria, Pi'fbram...give us your credit card information 797 A ACANTHITE UNITED STATES and CANADA BRITISH COLUMBIA Beaverdell...The chief ore minerals of the silver veins are acanthite and native silver, and the latter is found in...1960s. Slender, prismatic acanthite crystals, originally precipitated as acanthite rather than as isometric |  | | Journal (issue) | | Medenbach Bochum, Germany Eric Offermann Arlesheim, Switzerland photomicrography Julius Weber Mamaroneck, New...mineral have been found at the Pinchin (Bonter) quarry near Malone. Although the crystals are well-formed...spinel octahedrons in the marble at the Cam eron quarry near Carleton Place. Clinohumite occurs at the...of epidote occur at the Pinchin (Bonter) marble quarry near the village of Malone, at the Marmoraton iron...marble quarry, near Malone, Ontario. George and Susan Robinson specimen. chin (Bonter) marble quarry near |  | | Catalog/List | | 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 |  | | Report (issue) | | fluorite made in February of this year in the Cantera (quarry) Llamas, Duyos, Caravia, Asturias, Spain. The fluorite... 4 cm, from Val Giuv, Tujetsch, Graubünden, Switzerland. Watzl Minerals specimen and photo. An August...stream drainage called Val Giuv, Graubünden, Switzerland, have famously produced world-class milarite...shows two 11-cm wires rising from a bit of gray (acanthite?) matrix. Andorite, zinkenite, stannite and franckeite...specimen from a public or private collection in Switzerland. Some photos are close-ups of micromount specimens |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | with allargentum and jalpaite. Native Sb and acanthite were also con®rmed during qualitative EDS studies...identi®ed in the Bleikvassli ores; argentite/acanthite, sternbergite-argentopyrite (?) (Eidsmo et al...Trace minerals Allargentum Antimony Argentite-Acanthite Arsenic Bismutha Bornite Boulangerite Bournonite...of the Alpine-type mineralised veins at Lengenbach, Switzerland by Hofmann (1994) and Hofmann and Knill...metamorphism of the Lengenbach polymetallic sul®de mineralization, Binntal, Switzerland. Mineral Deposita |  | Moore, Paul Brian, Bloss, F. Donald, H.Lindsley, Donald, Bown, M. G., Mackay, Alan L., Glover, Lynn, III,, Arem, Joel E., Allard, Gilles O., Frondel, Clifford (1973) BOOK REVIEWS. American Mineralogist, 58 (9-10) 968-973 | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | the Phase Rule) and any additional restrictions Acanthite .) together comprise almost 1O percent of imposed...read. 973 UBER EINIGE MINERALIEN DER GRUBE LENGENBACH. By Werner Nowacki. Reprinted from urner Mineralien...color). Order from T. Imhof. Ried-Brig (Vs), Switzerland,price 6.00 SFr. This small, nicely illustrated...found at the famous Lengenbach quarry in the Binnatal, Canton Wallis, Switzerland. The descriptions primarily |  | | Book | | secondary cementation origin in association with acanthite, stephanite, proustite, pyrargyrite, copper and...Athabasca Lake, C-anada. 22 Acanthite, 23 mm, Arizpe, Mexico Acanthite Ag2S MONOCLINIC ••• Properties:...Mexico. It is also known in inter- growths with acanthite and naumannite from the Comstock Lode, Virginia...Nruuibia. Crystals of binnite -in Lengenbach, Binntal, Switzerland, up to 30 nun (P/16 in). Crystals...Ag-bearing veins, associated with stephartite, acanthite, proustite, argentopyrite and other minerals. |  | | Journal (issue) | | 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 |  | | Book | | secondary cementation origin in association with acanthite, stephanite, proustite, pyrargyrite, copper and...near Athabasca Lake. Canada. Acanthite. 23 mm. Arizpe. Mexico Acanthite Ag 2 S MONOCLINIC • • • Properties:...below this temperature there are paramorphs of acanthite after argentite. Origin and occurrence: Hydrothermal...Tsumeb, Namibia. Crystals of binnite in Lengenbach, Binntal. Switzerland, up to 30 mm (l'/i6 in). Crystals...Ag-bcaring veins, associated with stephanitc, acanthite. proustite, argentopyrite and other minerals. |  | | Book (edition) | | common terms are not abbreviated, e.g. canton (Switzerland), vilayet (Turkey), region (Chile), kray and...shales of tl~e Acanthite Green River Fonnation in Uintah County. Utah. and m (2.B. acanthite group). Monoclinic...[Ol(C?,,)61all argentite specimens are actually acanthite (PO4)6l(S~O18)]-(S +oi} paramorphs after argentite...argentite (see under argentite). Crystals of acanthite formed directly below l 73°C are rare. (9.C). a [S~O1...Menzenschwand Scbwarzwald Mts., in the Sailauf quarry, Spessart Mts., Bavaria. both Germany, and from |  | | Book | | Bauditz, Vejby, Denmark; Pierre Perroud, Geneve, Switzerland; Jiri Just, Perth, Australia; Richard Thomssen...Matzko et ah, 1985. Can. Min. 23 (1985), 233. Acanthite, Ag2S, ® Mon. Metallic black; grey in reflected...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...See also Magnesio-arfvedsonite. Argentite, 0 Acanthite dimorph; not found in nature; stable above 179°C |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | associatedwith nativesilver,nativearsenic,and argentiteor acanthite stability temperaturesof the various assemblages...l•ccface-centeredcubic, bcc----body-centeredcubic, ac ----acanthite, pru -----proustitc, xan -- xanthoconite,smtt--...theAg-As-Ssystem at 150ø C in thepresence of vapor. ac= acanthite, xan: xanthoconite, trech= trechmannite, rl =...elevatedtemperatures when interpretedin light of at Binnatal, Switzerland is associatedwith realgar phaserelations.Thisseems...Strukturelle Untersuchungen an Sulfosalzen von Lengenbach, Binnatal (Kt. Wallis), Tell 3, Gitterkonstanten |  | | Book (edition) | | (in alphabetical order): Thomas Armbrusler (Switzerland). Daniel Atcncio (Brazil). Malcolm Back (Canada)...type locality unknown . ..Argentitl inverts to Acanthite bclow 177°C 0 Acctamidc, Cil 3CO 112 , trig...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 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Colorado. Dave Bunk specimen, Ed Raines photo. Acanthite, Colorado, 337, 382 Actinolite, Bahia, Brazil...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 |  | | Book | | 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 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Klooster,1912).Abbreviations areasfollows:ac,acanthite; arg, argentite;xan, xanthoconite;pro, proustite;trech...stibnite, SbrSr,and bismuthinite, BirS. with acanthite,AgrS. Most of the data in column I of Table 4...(2) Sulfides (3) )sulfides AH?r$ (kJ'mol 1) acanthite Ag.S orpiment stibnite bismuthinite AsrS3 ... Mineral (1) GFW (2) D, (g cm ") Formula acanthite Agrs 247.80 7.24 orpiment stibnite bismuthinite...Strukturelle untersuchungenan sulfosalzenvon Lengenbach,Binnatal (Kt. 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Lengenbach Quarry, Fäld, Binn, Goms, Valais, Switzerland