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Original Paper

Kristy-Lee Beal, David R. Lentz

Aquamarine beryl from Zealand Station, Canada: a mineralogical and stable isotope study

Journal of Geosciences, volume 55 (2010), issue 1, 57 - 67

DOI: http://doi.org/10.3190/jgeosci.059

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