Famous mineral localities: The Pacajake selenium mine, Potosí Bolivia

Mineralogical Record

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 339-357

  Redwood, Stewart D ^a  

^a NONE   (Bolivia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MINERAL DEPOSIT; MINERALIZATION; MINING; SELENIUM;

BOLIVIA;

EID: 0141856184     PISSN: 00264628     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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