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Original paper

Milan Novák, Štěpán Chládek, Pavel Uher, Petr Gadas

Complex magmatic and subsolidus compositional trends of columbite-tantalite in the beryl-columbite Šejby granitic pegmatite, Czech Republic: role of crystal-structural constraints and associated minerals

Journal of Geosciences, volume 63 (2018), issue 3, 253 - 263

DOI: http://doi.org/10.3190/jgeosci.269


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