{{Short description|Quarry in the Binn Valley in Valais, Switzerland}} thumb|The small village of Binn and its valley. The '''Lengenbach Quarry''' is located in the Binn Valley (Valais, Switzerland)<ref>[http://www.lengenbach.com Website of the Lengenbach Quarry. Information about its location, minerals, history, etc. - in English]</ref> and it is noted among the mineralogical community for its unusual sulfosalt mineral specimens. thumb|left|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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mindat.org/loc.php?loc=3207|title=Lengenbach Quarry, Im Feld (Imfeld; Feld; Fäld), Binn Valley, Wallis (Valais), Switzerland|publisher=Mindat.org|accessdate=13 June 2010}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}} *[https://web.archive.org/web/20080305164844/http://www.nmbe.ch/deutsch/513_11.html Bibliography on the mineralogy and geology of Lengenbach quarry] *[http://www.strahlen.org Binntal minerals information]
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Category:Sulfosalt minerals Category:Economy of Switzerland Category:Mining in Switzerland Category:Surface mines in Switzerland Category:Geography of Valais Category:Quarries