Lengenbach Quarry
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The small village of Binn and its valley.
The Lengenbach Quarry is located in the Binn Valley (Valais, Switzerland)[1] and it is noted among the mineralogical community for its unusual sulfosalt mineral specimens.
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Sphalerite crystal on dolomite, Lengenbach
The dolomite hosted deposit of the quarry is in the Binn Valley, a small valley in the southwest of Switzerland in the Swiss canton of Valais. To its south lies Italy.
Mineralogy[]
The mineralogy has been studied for nearly 200 years. Lengenbach is the type locality for 48 minerals.[2]
References[]
Categories:
- Sulfosalt minerals
- Economy of Switzerland
- Mining in Switzerland
- Surface mines in Switzerland
- Geography of Valais
- Quarries