Rob Ixer has asked me to refer list members to the following article
which will provide some of the answers to recent discussion on Fahlerz ore -
R.A.Ixer and R.A.D. Pattrick. 2003. 'Copper-arsenic ores and Bronze
Age mining and metallurgy with special reference to the British
Isles'. In: Mining and Metal Production Through the Ages, P.T.
Craddock and J. Lang (eds.) The British Museum Press. 9-20. Available
online http://www.rosiehardman.com/fahlerz.htm [accessed 9 March 2008]
Peter
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