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» Goonvean - Europe's largest independently owned kaolin producer, based in Goonvean Cornwall England UK.

» Gypsum and Anhydrite in Nova Scotia - Provincial government information circular on the Nova Scotia occurrence, mining history, and uses of these minerals.

» Peat Moss in Nova Scotia - Peat is the partially decomposed remains of plants and animals which have accumulated in oxygen poor freshwater environments over the past 11 000-13 000 years. Peat is mined for horticultural purposes, and is also used in distillation, yeast cultivation, as an energy source, and in manufacture of ferrosilicons.

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