China: Mineralien--Fundstellen--Lagerstatte ("China: Minerals--Localities--Deposits").(Book review)

The Mineralogical Record | July 1, 2009| | Copyright

by Berthold Ottens. Published (2008) by Christian Weise Verlag GmbH, Orleans-strasse 69, D-81667 Munchen, in co-operation with TU Bergakademie Freiberg Sammlung Schlo[beta] Freudenstein. Hardcover, 28 X 24 cm, 552 pages, in German. Price: [euro]59.00 plus shipping costs. For information and ordering go to www.lapis.de.

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All who are reading this magazine are aware of the flood of Chinese minerals, most of them previously unfamiliar to us in the West, which immediately began to swell when China became more ...

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