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Lengenbach - The World Famous Swiss Sulfosalt Quarry
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Lengenbach
Acanthite
Albite
Anatase
Anglesite
Apatite-(CaF)
Aragonite
Arsenic
Arsenic Sulphide Glass
Arsenolamprite
Arsenolite
Arsenopyrit
Baileychlore
Baryte
Baumhauerite (TL)
Baumhauerite-2a (TL)
Baumhauerite-ΨO3abc (TL)
Bernardite
Biotite
Bornite
Brannerite
Calcite
Cerussite
Coulsonite
Chalcopyrite
Dickite
Dolomite
Dravite
Dufrénoysite (TL)  
Edenharterite (TL)
Enargite
Erniggliite (TL)
Fluorite
Gabrielite (TL)
Galena
Goethite
Gorceixite
Goyazite
Graphite
Greigite
Halite
Hatchite (TL)
Hemimorphite
Hutchinsonite (TL)
Hyalophane
Hydrozincite
Imhofite (TL)
Jentschite (TL)
Jordanite (TL) 
Kaolinite
Lengenbachite (TL)
Lepidocrocite
Liveingite (TL)
Lorandite
Mackinawite
Magnesite
Magnetite
Malachite
Marcasite
Marialite-Meionite Series
Marrite (TL)
Marumoite (TL)
Mimetite
Molybdenite-3R
Montmorillonite
Muscovite (Barian Muscovite, Fuchsite)
Nolanite
Nowackiite (TL)
Orpiment
Orpiment
Orthoclase (Adularia)
Paragonite
Pararealgar
Phlogopite
Proustite
Pyrargyrite
Pyrite
Pyrrhotite
Quadratite (TL)
Quartz
Rathite (TL)
Realgar
Rutile
Sartorite (TL)
Seligmannite (TL)
Sicherite (TL)
Silver
Sinnerite (TL)
Smithite (TL)
Sphalerite
Stalderite (TL)
Stephanite
Struvite-K (TL)
Tennantite
Tetrahedrite
Thalcusite
Trechmannite (TL)
Uraninite
Uvite
Wallisite (TL)
Wulfenite
Wurtzite
Xanthoconite
Xenotime-(Y)

*(TL): Type Locality
Lengenbach | Hutchinsonite
Hutchinsonite
(Tl,Pb)2(As,Sb)5S9

Named in honor of A. Hutchinson (1866-1937), mineralogist at the University of Cambridge (England). It’s ortorombic and scarlet-red. The crystals can be rich in faces or in the form of radial aggregates of tabular crystals. It is the Lengenbach sulfosalt with a highest arsenic content and therefore it’s more often associated with realgar

     
Hutchinsonite   Hutchinsonite prismatic crystals with hatchite
Field of view 3 mm.
Collection: Horst Geuer   Photo: Joachim Burow.
L22745
   

Photo Copyright © Joachim Burow (Der Aufschluss)
This image is copyrighted. Unauthorized reproduction prohibited.

     
Hutchinsonite   Hutchinsonite prismatic crystals with realgar.
Field of view 4 mm.
Collection and photo: S.Wolfsried
 
   

Photo Copyright © Stefan Wolfsried (06/2006)
This image is copyrighted. Unauthorized reproduction prohibited.