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Original Paper

Martin Števko, Jiří Sejkora, Peter Bačík

Mineralogy and origin of supergene mineralization at the Farbište ore occurrence near Poniky, central Slovakia

Journal of Geosciences, volume 56 (2011), issue 3, 273 - 298

DOI: http://doi.org/10.3190/jgeosci.098

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