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Gold from Botallack mine, St. Just, Cornwall

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 July 2018

R. J. Bowell
R. J. Bowell*
Affiliation:
Dept. of Geology, The University, Southampton S09 5NH
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Keywords

goldBotallack mineCornwall
Type
Mineralogical Notes
Information
Mineralogical Magazine , Volume 56 , Issue 382 , March 1992 , pp. 123 - 124
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Copyright © The Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland 2014

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