Minerals and Metals in Ancient India v1.c26.s6.t5.2
Minerals and Metals in Ancient India v1.c26.s6.t5.2
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A number of ash mounds at the periphery of the smelting site contained stratified layers of ash, charcoal and fragments of calcined dolomite. These indicate that sphalerite along with the dolomitic gangue must have been roasted prior to smelting in the retort. (Hegde, 1989: 89-90)