Journal of

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Original Paper

Pavel Uher, Peter Chudík, Peter Bačík, Tomáš Vaculovič, Michaela Galiová

Beryl composition and evolution trends: an example from granitic pegmatites of the beryl-columbite subtype, Western Carpathians, Slovakia

Journal of Geosciences, volume 55 (2010), issue 1, 69 - 80

DOI: http://doi.org/10.3190/jgeosci.060

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