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Article: The Desmond Sacco Collection; Focus on Southern Africa.(Review)
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- The Mineralogical Record
- Article date:
- July 1, 2000
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by Bruce Cairncross. Published (2000) by Desmond Sacco; available through the author at Dept. of Geology, Rand Afrikaans University, P.O. Box 524, Auckland Park, 2006 Gauteng, Republic of South Africa. Visa/MC fax orders: 011-27-11-489-2309. Hardcover, 25 x 30 cm, 408 pages, edition limited to 1,000 copies; price: US $160 plus US $25 surface postage (airmail rates on request); ISBN 0-620-24340-6.
Desmond Sacco was born and raised in Johannesburg, South Africa, the son of a successful Italian mining engineer who had been responsible in part for the discovery and development of the Kalahari Manganese Field. Having a strong interest in his father's profession, he ...