Siegenite-bearing assemblages found at the Great Orme Mine, Llandudno, North Wales

Mineralogical Magazine

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 978-982

  Ixer, R A ^a   Stanley, C J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Galena; Great Orme mine; Siegenite; Thiospinel; Wales

Indexed keywords

EID: 0008598585     PISSN: 0026461X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1180/minmag.1996.060.403.13     Document Type: Article

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