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GEOsciences

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Original Paper

Jakub Plášil, Jiří Čejka, Jiří Sejkora, Pavel Škácha

The question of water content in parsonsite: a model case - occurrence at the Červené žíly vein system, Jáchymov (St. Joachimsthal), Czech Republic

Journal of Geosciences, volume 54 (2009), issue 4, 385 - 394

DOI: http://doi.org/10.3190/jgeosci.056

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