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


Locality type:Quarry
Classification
Species:Marcasite
Formula:FeS2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Associated Minerals Based on Photo Data:
Tennantite Subgroupⓘ4 photos of Marcasite associated with Tennantite Subgroup at this locality.
Lengenbachiteⓘ4 photos of Marcasite associated with Lengenbachite at this locality.
Sphaleriteⓘ3 photos of Marcasite associated with Sphalerite at this locality.
Baryteⓘ2 photos of Marcasite associated with Baryte at this locality.
Chalcopyriteⓘ1 photo of Marcasite associated with Chalcopyrite at this locality.
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Marcasite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Lengenbach Quarry, FĂ€ld, Binn, Goms, Valais, Switzerland
Photo GalleryView Gallery (9 photos)
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:7459
Long-form Identifier:1:3:7459:9
GUID (UUID V4):177aea18-7c64-484e-ac33-ea3eacce564c
Nearest other occurrences of Marcasite
0.3km (0.2 miles) ⓘMĂ€sserbach, FĂ€ld, Binn, Goms, Valais, Switzerland
4.5km (2.8 miles) ⓘMonte Cervandone area, Devero Alp, Baceno, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
14.1km (8.8 miles) ⓘPioda quartz vein, Premia, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
14.6km (9.1 miles) ⓘMorasco area, Formazza, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
16.9km (10.5 miles) ⓘAlfenza Mine, Crodo, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
23.8km (14.8 miles) ⓘCrevoladossola Quarry, Crevoladossola, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
33.6km (20.9 miles) ⓘPianasca Quarry, Villadossola, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
34.9km (21.7 miles) ⓘRothenberg adits (Rotenberg adits), Goppenstein, Ferden, Westlich Raron, Valais, Switzerland
41.4km (25.7 miles) ⓘCani Mine, Vanzone con San Carlo, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
42.7km (26.6 miles) ⓘCuzzago Mine (Freva Mine; Buùr Mine; Cuzzago & Nibbio Mine), Premosello-Chiovenda, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola Province, Piedmont, Italy
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
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
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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
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I N D I A N A , Allen County May Stone and Sand quarry (Ardmore plant, France Stone C o . ) , southwest...tetrahedrite. SWITZERLAND Downloaded by [University of Arizona] at 16:44 24 August 2017 Lengenbach quarry, near...near Binn, B i n natal ( = Binna Valley, also spelled Binntal, Binnenthall), Valais Canton: albite, adularia...Tourmaline, and Healing Crystals. New find of Marcasite from Bell County, Texas. Catalog $2.00 Either
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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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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...FRG Brosso, Piemonte, Italy Piz Aul, Wallis, Switzerland 1 Room 1 0a 2 3 5 6 Tsumeb, Namibia Agrigento
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Left: Creme to light turquoise colour shades in a marcasite aggregate due to its pleochroism. 3 Anisotropy...ahlore-enargite, ‱ Stibnite-realgar-orpiment-marcasite-cinnabar, ‱ Amorphous silica-barite. In general...Safflorite Niggliite Frohbergite lamellar Marcasite cruciform, stellar, and lamellar common Ferroselite...shades Tyrrellite dark brown to blue isotropic Marcasite Oulankaite distinct slight, cream distinctive...oxidised iron grain, silicates (dark grey); Basalt Quarry BĂŒhl, Weimar near Kassel, Hessen, Germany (sample:
Report (issue)
Association: Pyrite, greigite, mackinawite, pyrrhotite, marcasite, magnetite, sphalerite, galena, chalcopyrite,...Japan. In the Lengenbach quarry, Binntal, Valais, and Trimbach, near Olten, Switzerland. In Germany, from...Obermoschel, Rhineland-Palatinate. From the Ceragiola quarry, near Seravezza, Tuscany, Italy. At Wadi Kamal
Report (issue)
deposits. Association: Galena, chalcopyrite, marcasite, pyrite, fluorite, barite, quartz, many other...Colorless crystals in the Lengenbach quarry, Binntal, Valais, Switzerland. At Hornı́ Slavkov (Schlaggenwald)
Report (issue)
realgar, orpiment, cinnabar, vrabite, greigite, marcasite, pyrite, tetrahedrite, antimonian sphalerite,...northestern Iran. From the Lengenbach quarry, Binntal, Valais, Switzerland. In the USA, at the New Rambler
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
found in recent years in the Dolomite Products quarry, Walworth. Good sphalerite specimens are also occasionally...specimens. These include the Eastern Industries quarry (black-orange colorzoned crystals to 3 cm) and...(twins to 2 cm) in Berks County; the Thomasville quarry, York County (bright green crystals to 4 cm); and...include greenish crystals to 1 cm from the Arlington quarry on Goose Creek and sharp crystals to 2 cm from...Trap Rock quarries, Loudoun County; the Manassas quarry in Prince William County; and red crystals to 2
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sartorite, etc.). For example, deposits in Switzerland (e.g. Hofmann and Knill 1996) and France (e.g...YongFeng 2009). It was found in traces in the Lengenbach a S.A. Radosavljević et al. mineral assemblage...(sphalerite, stibnite, arsenopyrite, pyrite, marcasite, framboidal pyrite, duranusite, realgar, orpiment...mineralization is characterized by the occurrence of marcasite, sphalerite II, realgar and stibnite II, which...tz III—calcite II—Mn—Zn siderite—dolomite II marcasite—galena—greenockite—metacinnabar—chalcedony ke
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the pegmatite from a blast pile at the Poudrette quarry, Mont Downloaded from https://pubs.geoscienceworld...(pyrrhotite, pentlandite, millerite, pyrite, and marcasite) and, rarely, unaltered chromite. Nickelpicromerite...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
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History Museum, Bernastrasse 15, CH-3005 Bern, Switzerland Ames Research Center, MS-239-4, Mo ett Field... Scotland Lake Superior area, USA Lengenbach, Valais, Switzerland Johanngeorgenstadt, Saxony, Germany...laments from oxidized pyrite ore, Lengenbach, Binn Valley, Switzerland. Sample is from contact of orebody...Germany (Hudson, 1982) and from the Jurassic of Switzerland and the Cretaceous of southern France (own observations)...and Entwicklungsfonds Seltene Metalle (Pully, Switzerland). Work of JDF was funded by grants from NASA’s
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crystal classes. A familiar example is pyrite and marcasite. Both are iron sulfide in composition, but pyrite...pyrite crystals are isometric whereas marcasite crystals are orthorhombic.) Enargite and luzonite are ores...and Frondel 1944). The Lengenbach quarry, Imfeld, Canton Valais, Switzerland, has yielded microscopic...Mineralien der Schweiz. (Funfte Auflage.) Basel, Switzerland: BirkhĂ€user Verlag. ❑ Diverse price ranges–
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Gersdorffite Ullmannite Hollingworthite Irarsite Marcasite Ferroselite Hastite Frohbergite Mattagamite Froodite...(brownish pleochroism), silicates (dark grey); Basalt Quarry BĂŒhl near Kassel, Germany [j]; Nic. // C Iron (dark...(brown and multicolour internal reflections); Basalt Quarry BĂŒhl near Kassel, Germany [j]; Nic. + 20 Iron...iron (light grey), silicates (dark grey); Basalt Quarry BĂŒhl near Kassel, Germany [j]; Nic. // B Schreibersite...silicates (brown internal reflections); Basalt Quarry BĂŒhl near Kassel, Germany [j]; Nic. + 34 Schreibersite
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
birefringence 0.011. The mineral occurs as geodes with marcasite, barite, and Fe sulfates in the oxidation zone...wrtrqnr Nowecrr (1967) Uber neue Mineralien aus dem Lengenbach. Jahrb. Naturhist. Mus. Bern, f96-1965, 293-299...Meruuo (1967) uber einige Minerarstufen aus dem Lengenbach (Binnatal). II. Neues Jahrb. Mineral., Monatsh...quelcluessulfures de plomb et d'arsenic naturels du gisement de Binn. BuLt. Soc.Franc Mineral'. Cri'stal'logr',85r15-47'...wenNrn Nowecrr (1967) uber neue Mineralien aus dem Lengenbach: Jahrb. Naturhist. Mus Bern 1963-1965,293 299
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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)
sulfosalts from the famed Triassic Lengenbach dolomite marble in Switzerland. However, sulfosalts from Madoc...Madoc are Sb-rich, whereas those from Lengenbach are Asrich. A second occurrence is on the Rogers mine property...from the Dunton quarry, Newry, Maine; Hibbs quarry, Hebron, Maine; Black Mountain quarry, Rumford, Maine;...Maine; Bob Ingersoll quarry, Keystone, South Dakota; Victory pegmatite, Custer, South Dakota; Varutrak pegmatite...Springs); Sterling mine, Ogdensburg; and Limecrest quarry, Sparta, New Jersey. That these borate occurrences
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Alps are the As-rich deposits of the Binntal, Switzerland (e.g. Graeser, 1965; Hofmann and Knill, 1996)...native arsenic, realgar, orpiment, pyrite and marcasite, with very subordinate pyrrhotite, sphalerite...idiomorphic, isolated crystals of at most 5 mm size, marcasite saw-blade shaped forms. Graphite occurs in mineralized...Burkhard A (1985) Arsenolamprit und Arsen vom Lengenbach (VS). Schweizer Strahler 7: 197±203 Carle W...and genesis of the Lengenbach Pb-Zn-As-TIBa-mineralisation, Binn Valley, Switzerland. Mineral Deposita
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)
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Medenbach Bochum, Germany Eric Offermann Arlesheim, Switzerland photomicrography Julius Weber Mamaroneck, New...amethyst include pyrite, hematite, goethite, marcasite, barite, fluorite and calcite in uniformly unexciting...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
Journal (issue)
22(1), januari 1997 in dit nummer : manondonie t lengenbach anno 1996 mineralogische kring antwerpen vz...verscheidenheid en zeldzaamheid va n mineralen uit de Lengenbach-groeve . Deze kleine steengroeve in het dolomiet-gesteente...t uitgebaat door de AGL (ArbeitsGemeinschaft Lengenbach), een groep van professionel e mineralogen, ...eigen vondsten op d e storthoop van de Lengenbach . Lengenbach-groeve anno 199 1 (foto H . Dillen) Figuur...sfaleriet vermelden . Dit mineraal komt in d e Lengenbach voor als honinggele glasheldere kristallen .
Catalog/List
acicular sprays and tufts ACTINOLITE: Bull Run Quarry, Loudon County, Virginia, USA. sprays and tufts...tufts ACTINOLITE,variety AMIANTHUS:Steintal, Switzerland, sprays and tufts ACTINOLITE,variety BYSSOLITE:... Italy. minute crystals AFWILLITE: Crestffiore Quarry, Riverside, California, USA. massive AGRELLITE:... Quobec, AS /\BOVE with crystals sprays switzerland. North 1984 .. USA, crystals crystals Switzor...APRIL, Copper Falls, Michigan, Italy. crystals Quarry, S3ndung;;rn, /\sker, AS ABOVE Nalps, /13,
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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
 
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