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Original Paper

Teresa Llorens, María Candelas Moro

Oxide minerals in the granitic cupola of the Jálama Batholith, Salamanca, Spain. Part II: Sn, W and Ti minerals in intra-granitic quartz veins

Journal of Geosciences, volume 57 (2012), issue 3, 155 - 171

DOI: http://doi.org/10.3190/jgeosci.119

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