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Binntal, Valais

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What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals

Also reported: Rare arsenic sulfosalts (like the type localities of many species).

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0).

Why this spot

Alpine metamorphic

Lengenbach is a world-famous type locality for sulfosalts; collect only through the association.

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