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WAGNER, PERCY ALBERT. The Diamond Fields of Southern Africa. Frontispiece, maps, plates, including 2 folding, extraneous map on diamond fields of

WAGNER, PERCY ALBERT. The Diamond Fields of Southern Africa. Frontispiece, maps, plates, including 2 folding, extraneous map on diamond fields of Tanganyika laid in. 4to, gilt-lettered green cloth, joints fraying. Johannesburg, 1914

  • Notes: first edition in english. Detailed study of diamondiferous rocks in South Africa and one of the earliest studies attempting to explain the nature and origin of kimberlites and diamonds. "A fine work, very frequently referenced in later works. The extensive bibliography retains its reference value"--W. T. Shaller, as quoted in Sinkankas 6959.

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