THE UNRIPE GOLD BY GEOFFREY JENKINS IN SOUTH AFRICA

The discovery of a major source of iridium near the diamond fields of South Africa was a deadly secret.  For whoever controlled the supply of that rare metal so essential to strategic weapons development would have world power at his fingertips. But as newcomers gathered in the small mining town, Professor Reutemann, an East German scientist, found out this his ''unripe gold'' was no secret - that the dangerous power might all too soon be turned against him... Soft cover, fairly good condition.  The cover has some minor scuffing.  288 pages.