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Title: Into the Heart of Darkness: searching for minerals in the democratic Republic of the Congo.
Author: Rock H. Currier
Publication: The Mineralogical Record (Refereed)
Date: November 1, 2002
Publisher: The Mineralogical, Inc.
Volume: 33 Issue: 6 Page: 473(15)Distributed by Thompson Gale
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Intrepid adventurer and mineral dealer Rock Currier traveled to Darkest Africa (The Congo) in 1997, searching for malachite, carrollite, cobaltoan calcite, uranium minerals, and other treasures. Here is his report on the condition of some of the famous Congolese mines at that time, what he was able to obtain there, and what he had to go through to get it. In the 19th century, Africa was called "the dark continent," and only its general outline and the mouths of some of its rivers were known. "In its interior dwell dark people and the unknown," wrote Joseph Conrad in his novel Heart of Darkness (1902). As Conrad's protagonist Marlow was drawn to the giant Congo River, rumors of lost...
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