Columbite-tantalite, rutile and other accessory minerals from the St. Austell topaz granite, Cornwall

Geoscience in South-West England

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 165-170

  Scott, P W ^a   Pascoe, R D ^a   Hart, F W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b Goonvean Ltd   (United Kingdom)

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