Lengenbach Quarry


The Lengenbach Quarry is located in the Binn Valley and it is noted among the mineralogical community for its unusual sulfosalt mineral specimens.
Image:Sphalerite-JR.jpg|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.