Australian sapphires and rubies

Rocks and Minerals

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 116-125

  Sutherland, F Lin ^a   Webb, Gayle B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MINERAL DEPOSIT; MINING; RUBY; SAPPHIRE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; QUEENSLAND;

EID: 51049121123     PISSN: 00357529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.3200/RMIN.82.2.116-139     Document Type: Article

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