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Original Paper

Teresa Llorens, María Candelas Moro

Oxide minerals in the granitic cupola of the Jálama Batholith, Salamanca, Spain. Part I: accessory Sn, Nb, Ta and Ti minerals in leucogranites, aplites and pegmatites

Journal of Geosciences, volume 57 (2012), issue 1, 25 - 43

DOI: http://doi.org/10.3190/jgeosci.113

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