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Original Paper

Michael A. Wise, Cathleen D. Brown

Mineral chemistry, petrology and geochemistry of the Sebago granite-pegmatite system, southern Maine, USA

Journal of Geosciences, volume 55 (2010), issue 1, 3 - 26

DOI: http://doi.org/10.3190/jgeosci.061

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