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Lengenbach Quarry

Quarry in the Binn Valley in Valais, Switzerland From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Lengenbach Quarry
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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
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The small village of Binn and its valley.

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.

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Mineralogy

The mineralogy has been studied for nearly 200 years. Lengenbach is the type locality for 48 minerals.[2]

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