The Otavi Mountain Land Cu-Pb-Zn-V deposits: Namibia

Mineralogical Record

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 109-130

  Cairncross, Bruce ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DESCLOIZITE; DIOPTASE; MINERAL LOCALITY; VANADINITE; WILLEMITE;

NAMIBIA, OTAVI MOUNTAIN LAND;

EID: 0030762134     PISSN: 00264628     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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