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