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Original Paper

Andráš, Martin Chovan

Gold incorporation into sulphide minerals from the Tatric Unit, the Western Carpathians, with respect to their chemical composition

Journal of the Czech Geological Society, volume 50 (2005), issue 3-4, 143 - 156

DOI: http://doi.org/10.3190/JCGS.984

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