 | | 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 |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | of hyphened names such as Talc-saponite and Montmorillonite-chlorite, used by clay mineralogists for minerals...Hydroxyl-bastnaesite.] Illite-chlorite, Illite-montmorillonite. P. Gallitelli, 1959. Com. Internat. stud....interstratifications of illite and chlorite or montmorillonite layers. Im~reite. O. E. Yushko-Zakharova, 1964...translucent copper-red plates from Lengenbach, Binn, Valais, Switzerland, are monoclinic, composition near...honey-yellow blende from Lengenbaeh, Binn, Valais, Switzerland, are rhombohedral, composition near CusZn3As4S12_13 |  | | Journal (issue) | | have been able while here to do some hunting in Switzerland and also to join the Swiss Association of Mineral...weeks in the Valais in Switzerland at the beginning of August mostly at the well known Lengenbach Mine in...element Antimony is substituted for the Arsenic of Lengenbach.) We were fortunate enough to find Baumhauerite...Lengenbachite, Rathite, Sartorite - all exclusive to Lengenbach. Also Binnite, which is a Tennantite but with...lasted three days covering the Grimsel area, Lengenbach, Martigny and the Salt Mine at Bex. We also had |  | | 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... carbonate fluorapatite (francolite), and montmorillonite. Vivianite was found as lustrous, sharp, prismatic...appears to be as follows: pyrite nontronite (Fe-montmorillonite) analcime harmotome chabazite (Ba-rich) mesolite...halloysite, hisingerite, kaolinite, lollingite, montmorillonite, muscovite, pyrite, and drusy quartz crystals |  | | Catalog/List | | and with a band ofBarite (not fluorescent) Crich Quarry Derbyshire £10 3x3 inch 42. FLUORITE cleavages...coverage and interesting location Hingston Down Quarry Cornwall 3x2.5 £8 43 . LEPIDOLITE good small display...dolomitic marble with some pyrite micros Lengenbach mine, Switzerland £3 61. CORUNDUM well formed hexagonal...this location closed many years ago. Boyleston quarry Barrhead Scotland £6 65. ANALCIME good coverage...with some white chabazite.on small lxl inch Osa Quarry, Rome Italy £7 68. CHALCOPYRITE quite rich brassy |  | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | blood-red pseudocubes of minium at the Commercial quarry at Crestmore. The minium is found in vugs with...November/December 1989 503 New Hampshire Parker Mountain Quarry Figure 2: Microcline, Centerville, Idaho. crystal...crandallite. I n July of 1988, I visited the Dunton quarry at Newry and collected several specimens that were..." A s I live not far from the Buzzo quarry (Parker Mountain quarry now), in Center Strafford, it's been...Foster); monazite (collected by Mrs. K . Howe); montmorillonite, a pink clay; petalite, in local museum; dendrites; |  | | Catalog/List | | mass nearly lxl inch with Hydrocerussite. Merehead Quarry Mendips £35 9. SIMPSONITE Orange cleavage mass...across on lxl with small quartz crystals Francon Quarry Montreal Quebec £25 14. VESUVIANITE lxl inch area...salmon-pink Barite in the matrix (not fluorescent) Crich Quarry Derbyshire £10 41. ALLOPHANE good creamy- pale...pink Barite in the matrix (not fluorescent) Crich Quarry Derbyshire £10 some attractive salmon- 43. HYDROZINCITE...areas of pearly small crystals on matrix Haury Quarry, Freiant, Black Forest Germany) 65. BARYTES attractive |  | | 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...50 81B33 POTASSIUM FELDSPAR, Saint Gotthard, Switzerland. (a) sharp white potassium feldspar (adularia)...section~) 81B49 URANINITE, (Western Russell Brothers Quarry), near Standpipe Hill, Topsham, Sagadahoc County...(light re-inforcing) 8~B78 Quartz, Sasso Rosso, Switzerland (a) Very fine single quartz crystal (7 x 10 cm) |  | | 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 |  | | 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 |  | | Journal (issue) | | Neues aus dem Schweizer Jura 14-18 Tochilinit vom Lengenbach 19-29 Le Chummibort, une nouvelle localité à...eccezeionale ritrovamento di erniggliite a Lengenbach, Valle di Binn, Svizzera 9 56-58 Ettringite di Feriolo...NEWS 21(6), 06.05 1/2/8 Barrel calcites from Lohr quarry 1/3 A visit to the Shin-Otani Manganese mine, Japan...after : an exceptional calcite from the Mill Creek quarry, Polk Co., Oregon * GEA 38(2), 06.05 42-46 Vuurwerk...06.05 * UV WAVES 35(2), 06.05 2-3 White Knob quarry 2005 11-12 Two new minerals : bariolgite - larisaite |  | | Book (edition) | | 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 |  | | 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 | | 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= |  | | Catalog/List | | the grains and a few more scattered about. Caspar Quarry, Bellerberg bei Mayen, Yulkaneifel, Rheinland Pfalz...about 12x5mm in the middle of the vein. Crestmore Quarry, Riverside County, California USA £17 35. SODALITE...dolomitic marble with some pyrite micros Lengenbach mine, Switzerland £3 77. NATIVE GOLD, several spots in...this location closed many years ago. Boyleston quarry Barrhead Scotland £6 80. ANALCIME good coverage...with some white chabazite.on small l xI inch Osa Quarry, Rome Italy £7 82 . NATROLITE intergrown mass |  | | Book (edition) | | (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 |  | | 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...de la France, 1895, vol. i, p. 483) under montmorillonite; it differs from this, however, in its resistance...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 |  | | 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 |  | | 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 |  | | Journal (issue) | | Bochum, Germany Eric Offermann Arlesheim, Switzerland Famous mineral localities: zeolites from Iceland...end of Hvalfjorbur. A mordenite speci men from a quarry on the west side of HvalfjOrSur may be seen at...aban doned quarry at Hafrafell near Skaftafell, a famous national park of Iceland. This quarry was operated...(loc. 1) Very fine chabazite occurs at a small quarry along the road be tween Hvannasund and ViSareiSi...calcite and apophyllite, occurs at an abandoned quarry south of NorSdepil. NorSoyri, BorSoy (loc. 3) Along |  | | Book (edition) | | 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 |  | | Book | | 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 |  | | Catalog/List | | 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 |  | Gaines, Richard V., Skinner, H. Catherine W., Foord, Eugene E., Mason, Brian, Rosenzweig, Abraham, King, Vandall T. (1997) Dana's New Mineralogy (8th ed.) Wiley-Interscience. p.1872 | Book (edition) | | Hans A. Stalder: Natural History Museum, Bern, Switzerland. Hugo Strunz: Institute of Mineralogy, Technical...Grasshopper Mt., Tulameen, BC, Canada; Kaltenberg, Valais, Switzerland; Bogota, near Canala, New Caledonia; Mt....intrusion, NWT, Canada; Selva, near Poschiavo, Switzerland; Oko, near Koti, Japan; Red Hills, Wairaw R....France; pic. Ste.-Marie-aux-Mines, Alsace, bach, Binn, SwitzerBlack Forest, and Marienberg, Saxony, Germany;...(1893-1973), professor of mineralogy, ETH, Zurich, Switzerland. Mon C2/m. a=11.066, b = 8.085, c = 7.965, B |  | | Book | | indigenous people of the discovery area. Poudrette quarry, Mont Saint-Hilaire, Rouville County, Quebec, Canada...Mineralogy, University of Adelaide, Australia. Moculta quarry, Angaston, South Australia, Australia. From Gk...beryllium, calcium, and silicon. Cherbadung, Valais, Switzerland. Named after its discovery locality, at...Freiberg, Germany. Legenbach quarry, Binntal Valley, Valais, Switzerland. Solly, RH. (1902): Mineral....compound in 1952. Gerstenegg, Grimsel, Bern, Switzerland. Walenta, K. (1976): Schweiz. Mineral. Petrogr |
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