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The El Desierto sulfur Mine Potosi, Bolivia.
Magazine article from: The Mineralogical Record ...business in California, I set off for the remote El Desierto sulfur mine in Bolivia to check on the progress of our specimen-mining project. VISITING THE SITE El Desierto is one of about sixty ...
The El Desierto Sulfur Mine Potosi, Bolivia
Magazine article from: The Mineralogical Record ...business in California, I set off for the remote El Desierto sulfur mine in Bolivia to check on the progress of our specimen-mining project. VISITING THE SITE El Desierto is one of about sixty ...

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