Famous mineral localities: Cerro Rico de Potosi Bolivia

Mineralogical Record

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 9-36

  Wilson, Wendell E ^a   Petrov, Alfredo ^a  

^a NONE   (Bolivia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MINERALIZATION; SILVER; TIN;

BOLIVIA;

EID: 0033019217     PISSN: 00264628     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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