Journal of

GEOsciences

  (Formerly Journal of the Czech Geological Society)

Original Paper

Jiří Sejkora, Radek Škoda, Petr Ondruš

New naturally occurring mineral phases from the Krásno - Horní Slavkov area, western Bohemia, Czech Republic

Journal of the Czech Geological Society, volume 51 (2006), issue 1-2, 159 - 187

DOI: http://doi.org/10.3190/JCGS.992

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