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Original Paper

Marián Putiš, Matúš Koppa, Brigitta Snárska, Friedrich Koller, Pavel Uher

The blueschist-associated perovskite-andradite-bearing serpentinized harzburgite from Dobšiná (the Meliata Unit), Slovakia

Journal of Geosciences, volume 57 (2012), issue 4, 221 - 240

DOI: http://doi.org/10.3190/jgeosci.128



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